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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What better place than a museum to showcase beards on #WorldBeardDay. This neatly sculpted beard and gloriously styled moustache belongs to William Brooke, tenth Baron Cobham (1527-1597), a nobleman, diplomat, and most notably Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of #Dover Castle.

The image is a portrait William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham. He is facing slightly to his left while looking directly at the viewer. He has a trimmed brown beard, and a long slightly upward styled moustache. He is largely wearing black including, a flat black velvet hat and cloak, a large white pleated collar of the Order of the Garter around the neck, and a gold medallion on a thick blue ribbon. He is holding a golden coloured staff of office as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In the right corner of the painting is a heraldic coat of arms.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Lord Warden was in charge of the five major ports on the South East coast of England: #Dover, Sandwich, Hythe, New Romney and Hastings.

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