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Brabourne, Baron (UK, 1880)

Creation: let. pat. 26 May 1880

Family name: Knatchbull

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent on a Mount Vert two Boars erect respecting each other Sable their forelegs resting against an Oak Tree proper (Hugessen);  2nd and 3rd, Azure three Cross Crosslets fitchée between two Bendlets Or (Knatchbull)

Crests:

1st:  an Oak Tree proper between two Wings elevated Pinions Azure feathered Or (Hugessen);  2nd:  on a Chapeau Azure turned up Ermine an Ounce statant Argent spotted Sable (Knatchbull)

Supporters:

On either side a Leopard Argent pellety gorged with an Oak Wreath Vert fructed Gold and holding in the mouth a Cross Crosslet fitchée Or

Motto:

In Crucifixa Gloria Mea (My glory is in the Cross)

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Edward Hugessen [Knatchbull later Knatchbull-Hugessen], 1st Baron Brabourne, PC

1st son of Rt Hon Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt. MP, by his second wife Fanny Catherine Knight, dau. of Edward Knight, of Godmersham Park, co. Kent

born

29 Apr 1829

mar. (1)

19 Oct 1852 Anna Maria Elizabeth Southwell (d. 26 May 1889), yst. dau. of Rev Marcus Richard Southwell, Vicar of St Stephen's, St Albans, co. Hertford, by his wife Cecilia Jane Johnson, dau. of Alfred Schomberg Johnson, of Tamerton Foliott, co. Devon

mar. (2)

3 Jun 1890 Ethel Mary Walker (d. 7 Jan 1929), 3rd dau. of Col Sir George Gustavus Walker KCB, of Crawfordton, co. Dumfries, by his wife Anne Murray Lennock, only dau. of Adm George Gustavus Lennock

died

6 Feb 1893

created

26 May 1880 Baron Brabourne, of Brabourne in the County of Kent

suc. by

son by first wife

note

a Lord of the Treasury 1859-66;  Under Secretary of State for the Home Department May-Jul 1866 and 1868-71;  Under Secretary of State for the Colonies 1871-74

Edward [Knatchbull-Hugessen], 2nd Baron Brabourne

born

5 Apr 1857

mar.

2 Nov 1880 Hon Amy Virginia Beaumont (d. 19 May 1949), 3rd dau. of Wentworth Blackett [Beaumont[, 1st Baron Allendale, by his first wife Lady Margaret Anne de Burgh, 4th dau. of Ulick John [de Burgh], 1st Marquess of Clanricarde

died

29 Dec 1909

suc. by

son

Wyndham Wentworth [Knatchbull-Hugessen], 3rd Baron Brabourne

born

21 Sep 1885

died

11 Mar 1915

suc. by

uncle

Cecil Marcus [Knatchbull-Hugessen], 4th Baron Brabourne

born

27 Nov 1863

mar.

8 Nov 1893 Helena Regina Frederica von Flesch Brunningen (d. 15 Nov 1919), dau. of Hermann von Flesch Brunningen, Imperial Counsellor of Vienna

died

15 Feb 1933

suc. by

son

note

suc. his cousin 30 Jul 1917 as 13th Baronet of Merstham Hatch

Michael Herbert Rudolf [Knatchbull-Hugessen later Knatchbull], 5th Baron Brabourne GCSI GCIE MC

born

8 May 1895

mar.

22 Jan 1919 Lady Doreen Geraldine Browne CI (d. 1979), 3rd dau. of George Ulick [Browne], 6th Marquess of Sligo, by his wife Agatha Stewart Hodgson, dau. of James Stewart Hodgson, of Lythe Hill, Haslemere

died

23 Feb 1939

suc. by

son

note

Governor of Bombay 1933-37;  Governor of Bengal 1937-1939;  acting Governor-General of India in 1938

Norton Cecil Michael [Knatchbull], 6th Baron Brabourne

born

11 Feb 1922

died

15 Sep 1943

suc. by

brother

John Ulick [Knatchbull], 7th Baron Brabourne, CBE

born

9 Nov 1924

mar.

26 Oct 1946 Lady Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten, suo jure Countess Mountbatten of Burma, 1st dau. of Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas [Mountbatten], 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, by his wife Hon Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley CI GBE DCVO CBE, 1st dau. of Wilfrid William [Ashley], 1st Baron Mount Temple

children

1. Hon Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, later 8th Baron Brabourne

2. Hon Michael-John Ulick Knatchbull (b. 24 May 1950), mar. 1 Jun 1985 (div. 1997) Melissa Clare Owen, only dau. of His Honour Sir John Arthur Dalziel Owen QC, of Bickerstaff House, Idlicote, co. Warwick, a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, by his wife Valerie Ethell, dau. of W Ethell, and has issue

3. Hon Philip Wyndham Ashley Knatchbull (b. 2 Dec 1961), mar. 16 Mar 1991 Atalanta Vereker (former wife of Hugo Dominic Charles Medlicott Vereker), dau. of John Cowan, and has issue

4. Hon Nicholas Timothy Charles Knatchbull (b. 18 Nov 1964; dvp. 27 Aug 1979)

5. Hon Timothy Nicholas Sean Knatchbull (b. 18 Nov 1964), mar. 11 Jul 1998 Isabella Norman, dau. of David Norman, of Burkham, co. Hampshire

1. Lady Joanna Edwina Doreen Knatchbull (b. 5 Mar 1955), mar. (1) 3 Nov 1984 (div. 1995) Baron Hubert Henry Francois de Breuil, 2nd son of Baron Bertrand Pernot de Breuil, and (2) 19 Nov 1995 Azriel Zuckerman, and has issue by both husbands

2. Lady Amanda Patricia Victoria Knatchbull (b. 26 Jun 1957), mar. 31 Oct 1987 Charles V Ellingworth, 1st son of William Ellingworth, of Laughton, co. Leicester, and has issue

died

22 Sep 2005

suc. by

son

Norton Louis Philip [Knatchbull], 8th Baron Brabourne

born

8 Oct 1947

mar.

20 Oct 1979 Penelope Meredith Eastwood, only dau. of Maj Reginald Wray Eastwood, of Son Vida, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

children

1. Hon Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull (b. 15 May 1981)

1. Hon Alexandra Victoria Edwina Diana Knatchbull (b. 5 Dec 1982)

2. Hon Leonora Louise Marie Elizabeth Knatchbull (b. 25 Jun 1986; dvp. 22 Oct 1991)

note

Lord Brabourne has not proven his succession to the Baronetcy of Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch

 Last updated 9 May 2012

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Titles:

8th Baron Brabourne, of Brabourne in the County of Kent

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 26 May 1880)

de jure 17th Baronet, styled "of Mersham Hatch"

(England, let. pat. 4 Aug 1641)

Address:

Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire

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