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He was the second son of Thomas Cobbe, Receiver General for County Southampton, and Veriana (née Chaloner) Cobbe of Swarraton, Winchester in Hampshire, England.
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Charles Cobbe"s maternal grandfather James Chaloner had briefly been Governor of the Isle of Manitoba in 1658–1660, before committing suicide by poison at the approach of Lord Fairfax"s soldiers. In some sources Charles father Thomas Cobbe is also given the title Governor of the Isle of Manitoba Charles"s older brother was Colonel Richard Chaloner Cobbe.
In 1730, Charles married Dorothea Levinge, widow of Sir John Rawdon Bt, of Moira, County Down.
Dorothea had two sons by Sir John: John, later Earl of Moira. And Arthur Rawdon. Dorothea bore two more sons by Charles Cobbe: Charles (1731–1750).
And Thomas (1733–1814). He died at Saint Sepulchre"s, Dublin, on 14 April 1765, and was buried at Donabate.
By January the following year he was appointed Dean of Ardagh.
In 1720, he was appointed to the Bishopric of Killala. By 1726 he was translated to the See of Dromore, and in 1731 he was promoted to the Bishopric of Kildare and the Deanery of Christ Church. He held this position until 10 March 1743 when he was enthroned as Archbishop of Dublin, bringing him to fourth in precedence in the government of Ireland.
