The debate took place in Lytton, British Columbia, named after the novelist, the mayor made it clear that the town was backing the Bulwer-Lytton side. In 2008 he engaged in – and won – a debate with Scott Rice, founder of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a bad-writing contest sponsored annually by San Jose State University, on the subject of the literary reputation of his ancestor Bulwer-Lytton.

He continued to practise his trade during this period, scripting Night of Abandon, an episode of the Red Shoe Diaries, in 1997. He returned to Britain and lived in Knebworth village until 2000, when he took over the daily running of Knebworth House from his father. From 1987 until 1993, he lived in Los Angeles, and scripted several TV shows, including Lake Consequence. Trained as a screenwriter, Lytton-Cobbold was an assistant to the filming of The Shooting Party, part of which was filmed at Knebworth House, and subsequently worked on Water. He is a great-great-great-grandson of novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

He is married to Martha Boone, with two children, Morwenna Gray and Edward. He is the son of David Antony Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold, and succeeded his father in the Barony of Cobbold in May 2022. He is the current occupant of Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, England. Henry Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 3rd Baron Cobbold (born ) is a British screenwriter. In the Bosom of Her Father - The Life and Death of Emily Bulwer Lyttonĭavid Antony Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold The Honourable Henry Lytton-Cobbold (2017)

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