Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet
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 Portrait of Knatchbull by Thomas Phillips | |
| Paymaster General | |
| In office 8 September 1841 – 1 March 1845 | |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
| Preceded by | Hon. Edward Stanley |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Bingham Baring |
| Paymaster of the Forces | |
| In office 23 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 | |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
| Preceded by | Lord John Russell |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Parnell, Bt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1781 |
| Died | 24 May 1849 (aged 67) Mersham Hatch, Tory/Ultra-Tory |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Annabella Honywood (d. 1814) (2) Fanny Knight (1793-1882) |
| Parent(s) | Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet (Father) Mary Knatchbull (Mother) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet,
Background and education
Knatchbull was the son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet, and Mary, daughter and heiress of William Western Hugessen, of Provender House in Norton, Kent,[1] and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and matriculated in 1800.
He was elected a Fellow of the
Political career
Knatchbull was elected as a
In 1829 he became one of the leaders of the "
Family
Knatchbull married twice. His first wife was Annabella Christiana Honywood, daughter of Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet. They married on 25 August 1806 and had six children:
- Mary Louisa Knatchbull (b. 1808)
- Mary Dorothea Knatchbull (d. 1838), who married in 1826 Edward Knight[11]
- Sir Norton Joseph Knatchbull, 10th Baronet (1808–1868), who married in 1831 Mary Watts-Russell. They were parents of the 11th and the 12th Baronets.
- (child, d. 1818)
Annabella died in childbirth in 1814 and on 24 October 1820, Knatchbull married secondly Fanny Catherine Knight, daughter of Edward Knight (né Edward Austen, the brother of English novelist Jane Austen). They had nine children, including:
- Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne (1829–1893)
- Reverend Reginald Bridges Knatchbull-Hugessen (1831-1911), who married firstly in 1866 Mary Brockman and secondly in 1885 Hon. Rachel Montgomery and had issues by both wives[11]
- Herbert Thomas Knatchbull-Hugessen (1835-1922)
- William Western Knatchbull-Hugessen (1837–1864)
- Eleanor Grace Knatchbull (d. 1913), who married in 1857 Robert John O'Reilly[11]
Knatchbull died in May 1849, aged 67, at the family's Mersham Hatch estate in Kent, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son from his first marriage, Norton. Lady Knatchbull died in December 1882.
References
- ^ Portrait of William Western Hugessen (1736-64) by Andrea Soldi, Sotheby's. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows". Retrieved 15 December 2006.
- ^ "No. 17538". The London Gazette. 23 November 1819. p. 2090.
- ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- ^ "No. 19009". The London Gazette. 1 January 1833. p. 4.
- ^ a b "No. 20450". The London Gazette. 4 March 1845. p. 712.
- ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ "No. 19221". The London Gazette. 16 December 1834. p. 2266.
- ^ "No. 20017". The London Gazette. 10 September 1841. p. 2274.
- ^ a b c Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 478, 2003
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