The Supreme Knight, Sir Knight Bro. Charles Lieber Lebenone Cobb was initiated into the Noble Order on June 6, 1996 by Council 29, Sunyani as part of the founding members of Council 65, Techiman.
His late father, Sir Knight Bro Lawrence Chiir Lieber Cobb was himself a Marshallan, a Past Substantive Regional Grand Knight of the then North West Regional Council. Though many Marshallans visited the family during his youthful days on account of his father and he and his siblings had to serve these gentlemen and became well known to many of them his father never prevailed upon him to join the Order until later when he himself had the edge to do so during his working life which had then taken him to Techiman in the then Brong Ahafo Region. He regrets not having joined the Noble Order much earlier.
In 2002, he became the Grand Knight of Council 65, Techiman, having two years earlier been elected massively as deputy Grand Knight. He became a visiting brother at Council 37, Tema due to work related relocation. Per his hard work and visibility as a visiting Brother of the Council, he was able to attract key officers from Tema to attend meeting sessions with him in Techiman enabling knowledge transfer, a concept he was later to champion at the Supreme Council as TWINING.
In 2006, he was appointed as the Master of Ceremonies for the erstwhile Brong Ahafo Regional Council, and was later elected as Deputy Regional Grand Knight in 2008.
In 2010, he was installed Regional Grand Knight with 10 Adult Councils under his supervision.
He was installed by Sir Knight Bro. Sir Prof Dr. Dr. George Wireko-Brobby, then a Substantive Past Supreme Knight at a colourful Regional Conference held in Kintampo in August 2010. He found his feet very fast in the ranks of Regional Grand Knights of the Order when he had to host the Standing Committee of the supreme Council a few weeks after his Installation and followed that with the hosting of the Grand Knights and Noble Ladies Forum both in Sunyani at the Bishop James Owusu Conference Hall.
By dint of his hard work as Regional Grand Knight on the Standing Committee of the Supreme Council, Sir Knight Bro Charles Cobb caught the eye of the Supreme Cabinet and was appointed Assistant Supreme Propagandist for Ashanti/Brong Ahafo Regions in 2013 and upon further commendations he was later appointed the Substantive Membership Coordinator, a position now renamed Supreme Membership Coordinator, in 2015.
He was elected Deputy Supreme Knight in 2017 at the 91st Supreme Council meeting in Sekondi.
Roles played in the Noble Order
During his tenure as Regional Grand Knight for the Brong Ahafo Region, Sir Kt Bro Cobb introduced Regional Games and Regional Socialisation through which members of the Noble Order engaged members of the Knights of St. John International and their Ladies Auxiliary in various sporting activities and indoor games.
He also introduced Annual Orientation programmes for Deputy Grand Knights and Deputy Noble Ladies in the region before they ascended the throne.
It was during his tenure in 2010 that the erstwhile Brong Ahafo Regional Council had the singular opportunity of hosting the Standing Committee Meeting of the Supreme Council as well as the Grand Knights and Noble Ladies Forum in Sunyani in February 2011.
He presided over the celebration of the erstwhile Regional Council’s Silver Jubilee in 2012 leaving behind him great landmarks.
He has been a long-standing member of the Supreme Council’s ICT Committee.
As Supreme Membership Coordinator, Sir Knight Bro Charles Cobb facilitated, across the Marshallan world, the consecration of 23 new Adult Councils and the consequential increase of the number of Regional Councils from 24 to 27.