THE
7TH BARON BRABOURNE OF BRABOURNE , Kent, and a Baronet
(Sir John Ulick Knatchbull, Bt, CBE (1993)) [The Rt Hon The
Lord Brabourne CBE, Mersham Productions, Newhouse, Mersham, Ashford, Kent TN25
6NQ]; born 9 Nov 1924, succeeded bro 1943; educated Eton
and BNC Oxford; Coldstream Gds 1943–46 (wounded NE Europe 1944, ret as Capt
1946); TV producer, producer and co-producer: Harry Black and the Tiger (1958),
Sink The Bismarck! (1960), HMS Defiant (1961), Othello (1966),
Romeo and Juliet (1966), The Mikado (1967), Up the Junction (1968),
The Dance of Death (1969), Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971), Murder
on the Orient Express (1974), Death on the Nile (1978), Stories
from a Flying Trunk (1979), The Mirror Crack'd (1980), Evil Under
the Sun (1982), A Passage to India (1984), Little Dorrit (1986);
TV productions: The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten (1966), Royal
Family (memb advsry ctee, 1969), Romantic versus Classic Art (1973),
The National Gallery – A Private View (1974), A Much Maligned Monarch
(1976), Royal Heritage (memb advsry ctee, 1977), Leontyne/Leontine
(1988); dir: Mersham Productions Ltd 1970–, Thames TV 1978–95 (chm
1991–93), Euston Films 1978–95, Thorn EMI 1981–86; chm: Copyright Promotions Gp
1987–94 (dir 1974–94, v-chm 1994–), Cncl Caldecott Community 1961–92);
Pro-Chllr U of Kent 1993–99 (memb cncl 1968–98); chm Govrs Norton Knatchbull
Sch 1955–95 (Govr 1947–2000), Govr Wye College 1955–2000 (Provost Govr
1994–2000), Govr: Gordonstoun 1964–94, Utd World College of the Atlantic
1965–96, Nat Film & TV Sch 1981–96; Tstee: BAFTA 1975–, Sci Museum 1983–94,
Museum of Photography, Film & TV 1983–94, Kent Fndn (2001); Memb: Br Screen
Advsy Cncl 1985–98, Advsy Ctee Br Library Nat Sound Archive 1990–97; Patron
London Internat Film Sch 1977–; Fell BFI 1979 (Govr 1979–94), Pres Kent
Wildlife Tst 1958–98, V-Pres Roy Soc Nature Conservation 1988–97; Liveryman
Fishmongers' Co; married 26 Oct 1946 •Countess Mountbatten of Burma (qv),
and has had issue Lineage:
One
JOHN KNATCHBULL held land in THOMAS
KNATCHBULL; father of: RICHARD
KNATCHBULL; bought 1487 from the Edwards family an estate at Mersham (Le) RICHARD
KNATCHBULL, of Mersham Hatch; married Agnes, daughter of Robert Brent,
and died 1523, leaving an eldest son: JOHN
KNATCHBULL, of Mersham Hatch; married Alice Fowle, of Tenterden, and died
1540, leaving, with three younger son and a dau: RICHARD
KNATCHBULL, of Mersham Hatch; born c 1525; married 1st Joan
Sheaf, and had, with other issue: 1a Richard; born c 1554; married Nov
1584 Anne (married 2nd Sir Henry Bromley, of Upton, Worcs, s of Sir
Thomas Bromley, Lord Chllr), 2nd daughter of Sir Thomas Scot, of Scot's Hall,
Kent, and died 20 Jan 1590, leaving: 1b Thomas; dsp 2a John; married his sister-in-law
Elizabeth (married 2nd Sir Richard Smythe), 4th daughter of Sir Thomas
Scot; died without issue 1a Anne; married Sir Edward Boys, of
Fridville RICHARD
KNATCHBULL married 2nd Susan, daughter of Thomas Green, of Bobbing, 3a Norton (Sir), of Mersham Hatch, High Sheriff
Kent c 1608, MP Hythe; married 1st Anne, daughter of Paul Wentworth; married
2nd Bridget (died 4 Nov 1625), daughter of John Astley, of
Maidstone, Kent, Master of the Jewel House, and sister and coheir of Sir John
Astley, of Allington; married 3rd Mary, daughter of John Aldersea, of
Spurgrove, Cheshire, and widow of Thomas Westrow, and died without issue 1636 4a Thomas; married his sister-in-law
Eleanor, daughter of John Astley (see above) by Margaret, daughter and
heir of Lord Thomas Grey, brother of Henry, Duke of Suffolk, and died 1623,
having had, with other issue: 1b Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Bt (E), so created 4
Aug 1641; MP Kent 1640 and New Romney 1640–48; married 1st c 22
Oct 1630 Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Westrow, Sheriff London, and had surviving
issue: 1c Sir John Knatchbull, 2nd Bt, MP New Romney 1660 and
Kent 1685–95; married 17 Jan 1659 Jane (died 7 June 1699),
daughter of Sir Edward Monins, 2nd Bt, of Waldershare, Kent, and died
without surviving male issue 15 Dec 1696, having had, with two other
daughters: 1d Jane; married 1st Sir George Herbert,
Bt; married 2nd Richard Whitshed 2c THOMAS (Sir), 3rd Bt 3c Norton; died unm 1b Sir Norton married 2nd 27 Nov 1662 Dorothy (buried 2
May 1694), daughter of Sir Robert Honeywood and widow of Sir Edward Steward,
and died 5 Feb 1684/5 Sir
JOHN's brother, Sir Thomas Knatchbull,
3rd Bt;
married Mary (buried 24 June 1724), daughter of Sir Edward
Dering, Bt, and had, with other issue: 1a EDWARD (Sir), 4th Bt 1a Catharine; married 1st 18 Jan 1705/6
V-Adml Sir George Rooke; married 2nd Rev Hon Henry Moore (see Sir
THOMAS died after 12 Dec 1711 and was succeeded by his eldest
son, Sir Edward Knatchbull,
4th Bt,
MP Rochester 1702–05, Kent 1713–15 and 1722–27 and Lostwithiel 1728–30; married
22 Dec 1698 Alice (died 15 April 1723), daughter of John Wyndham, of
Norrington, Wilts, and sister of Thomas, Lord Wyndham, Lord Chllr Ireland, and died
3 April 1730, having had, with other issue: 1a Sir WYNDHAM KNATCHBULL later KNATCHBULL-WYNDHAM
(Act of Parl 1746), 5th Bt; born 26 Nov 1699; married 23 June 1730 Catharine (died
6 Jan 1740/41), daughter of James Harris, of 1b Sir WYNDHAM KNATCHBULL later
KNATCHBULL-WYNDHAM, 6th Bt, MP Kent 1760–63; born 16 Feb 1737; died unmarried
26 Sept 1763 2a EDWARD (Sir), 7th Bt 3a Wadham (Rev), LLD, Chllr and Preb Durham; born
28 April 1707; married 8 July 1743 Harriet, daughter of Charles
Parry, and died 27 Dec 1760, leaving: 1b Charles, Capt RN; born 23 May 1747; married
31 July 1785 2b Wyndham; born 11 Sept 1750; married 12
June 1790 his cousin Catherine Maria (died 30 Jan 1807), daughter of Sir
Edward Knatchbull, 7th Bt, and died 29 June 1833, leaving, with other
issue: 1c Wadham (Rev), of Cholderton Lodge, Hants,
Preb Wells; born 9 Aug 1794; married 5 July 1825 Louisa Elizabeth
(died 25 June 1845), 2nd daughter of William Wyndham, of Dinton, Wilts,
and died 9 Jan 1876, leaving, with other issue: 1d Wyndham, of Babington, Bath, JP, Capt 3rd
Dragoon Gds; born 27 Nov 1829; married 22 March 1892 Dora Estella
(died 16 Nov 1951), daughter of Augustus Bright, of Sheffield, and died
without issue 3 Feb 1900 2d Wadham, JP (Cornwall); born 7 April
1831; educated Magdalene College Cambridge (MA); married Aug 1862
Maria Helena (died 8 Nov 1930), daughter of Rev Bryan Faussett, of
Heppington, Kent, and died 18 April 1914, leaving: 1e Edward Wadham, JP (Wilts); born 8 July
1863; married 5 July 1894 Gertrude Louise (died 25 April 1958),
4th daughter of Rev Thomas Sellwood Stephens, Rector St Erme, Truro, and died
28 April 1937, having had: 1f Eleanor Gertrude; married 2 Sept 1924
Capt Richard Glyn Griffith, Wilts Regt (died Sept 1944), s of Surgn Col
Richard Glyn-Griffith, MRCS, of Portledge Ho, Newbridge Hill, Bath, and died
6 March 1931, leaving issue 2f Dorothea Wyndham; married 27 June 1927
W/Cdr Richard Maelor Thomas, RAF (died 5 Aug 1966), s of Daniel Thomas,
of Balthalan, London Rd, Corwen, Merionethshire, and had: 1g •Pamela Trevelyan; born 1930; married
•D Gosling 2g •Diana Margaret; born 1933; married •J
F Hawkins 3f •Beatrice Wadham 3d Francis, Col 1st Bn Norfolk Regt, served
Crimea 1854–55 (medal with clasp, Turkish medal); born 25 July 1832; married
25 July 1870 Sarah Belinda (died 9 Feb 1947), daughter of Thomas
Moore Persse, of Mount Vernon, Co Galway, and died 2 Dec 1920, leaving: 1e Wyndham Persse; born 20 Oct 1873; Maj
RA WW I; married 30 May 1911 Sybil Mathilde (died 5 Aug 1957),
youngest daughter of Ulick Ralph Burke, MA, and died 28 Jan 1967,
leaving: 1f Charles Norton; born 11 Feb 1918; educated
Sherborne; ERA Submarine Serv WW II; married 1 June 1940 •Jacqueline
Nora [Mrs Charles Knatchbull, Batch Farm, Kilmersdon, Bath, Somerset], daughter
of Henry Presland Veall, of Netley, Hants, and died 1980, leaving: 1g +Henry Norton [Henry Knatchbull Esq, 19
Riverside Rd, West Moors, Dorset BH22 0LG]; born 23 Sept 1942; educated
Stanbridge Earls Sch Romsey; married 1st 5 Nov 1988 (divorce 1994)
Jenny Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Roy Brown, of Ferndown, Dorset; married
2nd 9 Aug 1996 •Annette, daughter of Ernest John Dudley, of Bournemouth 2g +Richard Wyndham [Richard Knatchbull Esq, Batch
Farm, Kilmersdon, Bath]; born 23 April 1947; educated Hurn Court
Christchurch; married 7 Feb 1970 •Susan Ann Russell, daughter of Arthur
John Candy, of Mells, Somerset, and has: 1h +Paul Wyndham [Paul Knatchbull Esq, 4 Barn Cl,
Frome, Som BA11 4ER]; born 15 July 1973; married •Louise, daughter
of Brian Richard Anthony Humphreys, of Mells, Som, and has: 1i •Amelia Yasmin; born 2001 2h +James Wyndham; born 1975 1f Angela Alice; born 9 Nov 1912; married
3 April 1948 Reginald Cyril Neville Owbridge, MA (died 1975), son of
Cyril Smith Owbridge, of Seagarth, 336 Sandbanks Rd, Parkstone, Dorset, and died
30 Dec 2001, leaving: 1g •Anthony Wyndham [Anthony Owbridge Esq, 112
Grenville Rd, Aylesbury, Bucks HP21 8EZ]; born 18 Aug 1949; educated Taunton
Sch; married 1972 (divorce 19–) Barbara Jean, only daughter of
Lawrence Lacy, of Chesham, Bucks 2f •Zara Eleanor [Mrs Christopher Lapage, 93
Livermore Green, Werrington, Peterborough PE4 5DQ]; born 2 Aug 1920; ATS
WW II; married 1st 27 July 1942 (divorce 1953) John Mackay, son
of John Mackay, of Wick, Scotland; married 2nd 3 Dec 1953 Christopher
Jocelyn Lapage (died 1990), son of John Clement Lapage, of Nantwich,
Cheshire, and has by 2nd husb: 1g •Fiona Anne; born 3 Sept 1954; married
1976 •Hamdy Taha, son of Prof M Taha, and has: 1h •Geoffrey Eric; born 1984 2h •Robin Michael; born 1986 1e Maud Frances; died unmarried 27 Sept
1959 aged 88 2e Eileen Louisa; married 28 Sept 1912
Capt Hugh Storer Bowen, Essex Regt, son of Henry Storer Bowen, barrister, of
Little Howletts, Littlebourne, Kent, and died 11 June 1928, leaving: 1f Hugh Francis Storer; born 1917; Capt
RM; married 1941 Doreen Kennard, and died c 1950 leaving: 1g •Eileen; born 1945; married 1966 •W/Cdr
Edward Jones, and has: 1h •Philip Anthony [Philip Anthony Esq, 6 Manor
Cl, Bromham MK43 8JA]; born 1973 1h •Carolyn Rosemary; born 1968 4d Norton, Col Sherwood Foresters, served
Crimea 1855 (medal with clasps, Turkish medal) and Indian Mutiny 1858
(despatches, medal with clasp); born 16 Jan 1834; married 16 Feb
1871 Elizabeth Florence Paxton (died 17 May 1923), daughter of Maj-Gen
Arthur Goodall Wavell (see 1953 edn, WAVELL, E), and died 14 Dec
1921, leaving: 1e Reginald Norton, DSO, Lt-Col Leics Regt,
served S Africa 1899–1900 and WW I; born 7 Feb 1872; married 17
March 1906 Winifred (died 25 March 1910), daughter of William Felton
Peel, of Blackwater, Hants, and died on active service 24 July 1917,
leaving: 1f Ida Winifred; born 20 July 1907; married
29 April 1930 Walter Francis George Kingsbury, 2nd son of Gerald Francis
Kingsbury, of Potters Cross Ho, Iver Heath, Bucks, and had: 1g •Richard Norton Orlando [Richard Kingsbury Esq,
Hamsell Farm, Eridge Green, Sussex TN3 9LL; Quinta Do Rio Das Pedras, Sintra,
Portugal]; born 31 Dec 1932; educated Ampleforth and Ch Ch Oxford
(BA Modern Languages); conference interpreter; married 1st 29 Oct 1964 (divorce
1969) Bridget Grimsdick; married 2nd 1 Jan 1971 •Heather Jacqueline
Malcolm, daughter of Malcolm Melville (see 1970 edn CAMPBELL OF
ARDNAMURCHAN, Bt), and has: 1h •Nicholas James Melville; born 26 Nov
1971; educated Harrow 2h •Benjamin Francis Knatchbull; born 18
Oct 1978; educated Harrow 2g •Hugh Wyndham Evelyn KNATCHBULL later
KNATCHBULL-KINGSBURY (deed poll 7 Feb 1958); born 22 Nov 1936; married
20 April 1968 •Emily Sofia, daughter of Robert Thorburn, of Gothenburg,
Sweden 1e Ethel Mary; married 1 June 1895 Lt-Col
Cecil Du Pré Penton Powney, OBE, OStJ, JP (died 18 April 1936), and died
3 July 1963, leaving issue 2e Muriel Wyndham; married 4 Dec 1902 16th
and last Earl of Carnwath (see 1940 edn), and died 5 July 1958,
leaving issue. He died 9 March 1941 3e Eleanor Gladys Annie Wyndham; died unmarried
16 Jan 1949 1d Catherine; married 22 June 1854 Rev
John Wilkinson Peacock (died 8 Nov 1857) and died 28 April 1909,
leaving issue 2d Eleanor; married 3 Oct 1861 Maj
Francis John Slade Gully (died 12 Nov 1864), of Trevennen, Cornwall, and
died 30 Oct 1900, leaving issue 4a Norton, Maj; born 28 May 1711; married
1758 Judith (died 18 May 1772), daughter and coheir of William Long,
and died 10 May 1782, leaving: 1b Frances; married 31 July 1785 her
cousin Capt Charles Knatchbull, RN (see above) and died without issue
18 March 1818 1a Catharine born 3 Feb 1709/10; married
11 June 1754 Thomas Harris, a Master in Chancery (see MALMESBURY,
E), and died without issue 8 June 1796 Sir
WYNDHAM's uncle, Sir Edward Knatchbull,
7th Bt;
born 12 Dec 1704; MP Armagh 1727–60, married Grace 2nd daughter
of William Legge, of Salisbury, and died 21 Nov 1789, having had, with
other issue (including an eldest daughter Anne Eliza; married Lt-Col
Newton, of Southover), an only surviving son: Sir
Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt, DCL Oxford, Sheriff Kent 1785, MP Kent 1785–86, 1790–1802
and 1806–19; married July 1780 Mary (died 24 May 1784), daughter
and coheir (with her sister Dorothea, wife of Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks, Bt), of
William Western Hugessen, of Provender, Kent, by his wife Thomazine, daughter
of Sir John Honywood, Bt, and had, with another son: 1a EDWARD (Sir), 9th Bt Sir
Edward married 2nd 4 June 1785 Frances (died 23 Nov 1799), daughter of
Govr John Graham of Georgia, and by her had, with other issue: 2a Thomas, Capt RA; married 30 April 1825
Jane, daughter of Sir John Connell, Judge Admlty, of Edinburgh, and died
without issue 1855 Sir
Edward married 3rd 13 April 1801 Mary (died 19 Dec 1850), daughter and
coheir of Thomas Hawkins, of Nash Court, Kent, by Mary Theresa, only daughter
of John Bradshaw, and by her had, with other issue: 3a Reginald Edward, of Claremont Court, Jersey;
Lt-Gen RA; born 11 May 1812; married 1st 11 July 1845 Lucy
Eleanor (died 20 Sept 1846), 2nd daughter of Capt William Bowen, and had: 1b Reginald Edward; born and died 20
Sept 1846 3a (cont.) Reginald Knatchbull married 2nd
21 Oct 1852 Sarah Emma (died 23 Nov 1907), eldest daughter of Capt Owen
Lomer, Bengal Native Inf, and died 15 April 1885, having by her had,
with other issue: 2b George Wyndham Chichester, CMG (1916), Hon
Brig-Gen, Lt-Col IA, served Burmese Expdn 1885–87 (despatches, medal with
clasp), China 1900 (medal) and WW I 1914 (despatches); born 3 March
1862; married 21 April 1900 Constance (died 22 March 1913), 2nd
daughter of Alexander Marsden, MD, and died 2 June 1943, leaving: 1c Wyndham Marsden; born 15 Feb 1901; educated
Marlborough; Lt-Col Queen's Own W Kent Regt WW II; married 21 June
1934 Eileen Mary (died 1986), elder daughter of Lt-Col William Chapman
Croly, DSO, RAMC, of Ardvarna, The Spa, Tralee, Co Kerry, and died 1977
leaving: 1d +Patrick Wyndham, RD [Cdr Patrick Knatchbull
RD RNR, 16 Seafront Rd, Cultra, Co Down BT18 OBB]; born 26 April 1936; educated
Marlborough and Queen's U Belfast; Cdr RNR; married 28 May 1966 •(Una)
Mary Bernadette, daughter of Leo Francis Kelly, of Tile Hatch, Bishops Down
Park Rd, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and has: 1e +Simon Marsden; born 16 Dec 1967; married
24 Feb 1996 •Jane Spolton, and has: 1f +William Marsden; born 1999 2f +Alexander Wyndham; born 2001 2e +Andrew Wyndham; born 20 Dec 1969; married
19 April 1997 •Sandra Jefferys, and has: 1f •Rachel Betty; born 1998 2f •Hannah Frances; born 2001 1e •Felicity Jane; born 1972; married 2001
•Adrian Allen 2d +Michael Walter [Michael Knatchbull Esq,
Gambles Lodge, Upper Mountain, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland] (twin); born
26 April 1936; educated Marborough; Lt NI Horse (TA); married 9
Sept 1959 •Rhona Dorothy, younger daughter of John Sinclair Gunning, of Owena,
Demesne Park, Holywood, Co Down, and has: 1e +Richard Edward Walter; born 23 July 1971;
married 10 Aug 2002 •Louise Isabel, daughter of David Millar, of
Killiney, Co Dublin 2e +Mark Wyndham John; born 1978 1e •Fiona Bridgid; born 25 April 1962; married
1987 •David Holmes, and has: 1f •Philip Edward Knatchbull; born 1993 2f •Michael John Wyndham; born 1995 1f •Polly Amanda; born 1991 2e •Lucy Rhona; born 2 May 1964; married
1988 •Robert O'Riordan and has: 1f •Samson Robert; born 1992 2f •Andrew James; born 1994 1f •Rosie Katharine; born 1997 3e •Gillian Mary; born 18 Nov 1966; married
1996 •William Paul McChesney 1d •Bridget Eileen Mary [Mrs Robert Somekh, 6
Lyndewode Rd, Cambridge CB1 2HL]; born 8 Oct 1943; married 1st 16
June 1964 (divorce 1971) James Seymour Emerson, only son of Donald
George Emerson, of Primrose Hill, Utkinton, Tarporley, Cheshire (see KEANE,
Bt); married 2nd 1974 •Robert Ernest Somekh 2c Walter Dalrymple, Lt The Buffs; born 21
March 1905; died 31 Oct 1927 3b Henry Dalrymple (Rev), Rector Hill Croome,
Worcs, 1922–24; born 11 June 1864; educated St John's College
Oxford (MA); married 16 Sept 1902 Cecilia Maud (died 21 Jan
1947), youngest daughter of Samuel Woodhouse, DL, of Norley Hall, Cheshire, and
died 6 March 1932, leaving: 1c Mary; born 17 Nov 1903; died unmarried
21 July 1978 2c Ursula; born 1 July 1906 4b Owen Edward; born 21 Feb 1868; married
14 Sept 1892 Amy Elizabeth (died 11 Dec 1942), daughter of Edward
Bingley Wright, of Bingley, and died 8 Nov 1946, leaving: 1c +Reginald Edward, Capt IARO; born 8
Aug 1893 1c Daphne Mary Knatchbull; born 10 June
1902; married Clifton Edmond Lamb, and died 7 April 1968 1b Eliza Inna; married 13 April 1884
Lt-Col Piers Richard Legh, IA, and died 17 May 1910 1a Eleanor; married 4th Baron Sondes (see
MONSON OF BURTON, B) and died 30 Oct 1883 Sir
EDWARD died 1 Sept 1819; his eldest son, Sir Edward Knatchbull,
9th Bt,
PC; born 20 Dec 1781; inherited the Hugessen estates through his mother
and willed them ultimately to his issue by his 2nd w; MP Kent 1819–31 and E
Kent 1833–45, Paymaster-Gen 1834–35 and 1841–45; married 1st 25 Aug 1806
Annabella Christiana (died 4 April 1814), daughter of Sir John Honywood,
4th Bt (qv), and died 24 May 1849, having had, with other issue: 1a Sir Norton Joseph Knatchbull, 10th Bt; born 10 July
1808; married 31 May 1831 Mary (died 3 Sept 1874), eldest
daughter of Jesse Watts-Russell, of Ilam Hall, Staffs, and died 2 Feb
1868, having had, with other issue: 1b Sir Edward Knatchbull, 11th Bt; born 26 April
1838; barrister; died unmarried 30 May 1871 2b Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, 12th Bt, JP (Kent); born 9
June 1844; MP E Kent 1875–76; married 18 March 1902 Margaret Elizabeth (died
5 Nov 1921), daughter of Charles Taylor, of Frensham Hill, Surrey, and
widow of John Dillon Browne, late 100th Regt, and died 30 July 1917 1a Mary Louisa; married 29 March 1856
Maj-Gen Charles Stirling Dundas, Bengal Artillery, s of James Dundas, of Dundas
Castle, Linlithgow, and died 30 Jan 1923, leaving issue 2a Eleanor Grace; married 29 Aug 1857
Robert John O'Reilly, of Mill Castle, Co Westmeath (died 18 Dec 1879),
son of James O'Reilly, of Baltrasna, Meath, and died 20 April 1913,
leaving issue 3a Beatrice Joanna; married 1 Dec 1874 3rd
Baron Ellenborough (qv), and died 17 May 1932 1a Mary Dorothea; married May 1826 Edward
Knight, DL (died 5 Nov 1879), of Godmersham Park, Kent and died 22
Feb 1838, leaving issue Sir
Edward married 2nd 24 Oct 1820 Fanny Catherine (died 24 Dec 1882), eldest
daughter of Edward Knight, of Godmersham Park, Kent, and by her had further
issue (who all took the additional surname of HUGESSEN, though the living
descendants of all but EDWARD are in remainder to the baronetcy only): 2a EDWARD HUGESSEN KNATCHBULL later
KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN (added 1849 on f's death), 1st Baron Brabourne of
Brabourne,
Kent (UK), so created 26 May 1880, PC (1873), DL, JP; born 29
April 1829; educated Eton and Magdalen College Oxford; chm E Kent QS, MP
(Lib) Sandwich 1857–80 (C thereafter), Lord of Treasury 1859–66, Under-Sec Home
Dept 1866 and 1868–71 and Colonies 1871–74, children's author; married 1st
19 Oct 1852 Anna Maria Elizabeth (died 26 May 1889), daughter of Rev
Marcus Richard Southwell, Vicar St Stephen's, St Albans, and died 6 Feb
1893, having had: 1b EDWARD KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, 2nd Baron Brabourne of
Brabourne,
JP and DL (Kent); born 5 April 1857; educated Eton and Magdalen
College Oxford; Lt Coldstream Gds, MP (Lib) Rochester 1889–92; married 2
Nov 1880 Amy Virginia (died 19 May 1949), 2nd daughter of 1st Baron
Allendale (qv), and died 29 Dec 1909, having had: 1c Richard Edward Wentworth; born 24 Aug
1881; died in the lifetime of the father 3 May 1883 2c WYNDHAM WENTWORTH KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, 3rd Baron Brabourne of
Brabourne,
Lt Gren Gds (SR); born 21 Sept 1885; killed in action 11 March
1915 1c Margaret Eva de Burgh; married 15 July
1905 6th Earl of Mexborough (qv) and died 26 Jan 1957, leaving
issue 2c Bettine Henrietta; married 11 May 1912
William Lewis Brownlow Loyd (died 27 Oct 1947), eldest son of Edward
Henry Loyd, DL, of Langleybury, Herts, and died 9 Aug 1967, leaving issue 2b Sir CECIL MARCUS KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, 13th Bt, and 4th Baron Brabourne of
Brabourne;
born 27 Nov 1863; succeeded n in barony 1915 and cousin in
baronetcy 1917; educated King's College Cambridge (BA); barrister Inner
Temple 1890; married 8 Nov 1893 Helena Regina Frederica (died 15
Nov 1919), daughter of Hermann von Flesch Brunningen, Imperial Cllr, of Vienna,
and died 15 Feb 1933, leaving: 1c MICHAEL HERBERT RUDOLF KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN
later KNATCHBULL (deed poll 29 June 1919), 5th Baron Brabourne of Brabourne, GCSI (1937), GCIE
(1933), MC, JP, MP Ashford 1931–33, PPS Sec State India 1932–33, Govr Bombay
Dec 1933–37 and Bengal 1937–39, Actg Govr-Gen India 1938, Capt RAF, Lt RA,
served WW I (despatches three times); born 8 May 1895; married 22
Jan 1919 Lady Doreen Geraldine Browne, CI, DStJ (died 27 Aug 1979), 3rd
daughter of 6th Marquess of Sligo (qv), and died 23 Feb 1939,
leaving: 1d NORTON CECIL MICHAEL KNATCHBULL, 6th Baron Brabourne of
Brabourne;
born 11 Feb 1922; educated Eton and RMA Sandhurst, Lt Gren Gds WW
II (wounded, POW); killed on active service 15 Sept 1943 (shot by
Germans after recapture following his escape from a prison train N Italy) 2d JOHN ULICK KNATCHBULL, 7th and present Baron
Brabourne of Brabourne 1b Katharine Cecilia; married 17 Oct 1883
Col Charles Robert Prideaux-Brune, late Rifle Bde, of Prideaux Place, Cornwall
(died 11 Dec 1936), and died 21 March 1926, leaving issue 2b Eva Mary; died 23 Oct 1895 2a The 1st Baron married 2nd 3 June 1890 Ethel Mary (died 7
Jan 1929), 3rd daughter of Col Sir George Gustavus Walker, KCB, of Crawfordton,
Dumfriesshire, and by her had further issue: 3b Adrian Norton, KC (1932); born 5 July
1891; educated Eton and McGill U Montreal; OC, LLD, barrister Canada 1914,
Senator Canadian Parl 1937, Canadian Artillery WW I; married 7 Sept 1922
Margaret Cecilia (died 1980), only daughter of George Herrick Duggan, of
3636 McTavish St, Montreal, and died 30 March 1976, having had: 1c Edward Herrick; born 4 June 1923; educated
Eton; married 1947 Mary Louise (died Sept 1964), daughter of
Walter Asahel Newton, of Montreal, and died 1955, leaving: 1d +Kenneth Norton [Kenneth Knatchbull-Hugessen
Esq, 31 Russell Hill, Toronto, Ontario M4V 2S9, Canada]; born 1949; married
1969 •Karen, daughter of Olaf Wolff, of Montreal, and has: 1e +Arlo Edward; born 1970 1d •Kathleen Mary; born 1950 2d •Patricia Mary; born 1952; married
19– •– Osgoode 2c Kenneth Wyndham; born 18 Feb 1925; died
19 Dec 1942 3c +Andrew John [Andrew Knatchbull-Hugessen Esq,
5 Beacon Rd, Kirkland, Quebec, Canada]; born 30 June 1926; married 1952
•Jane Frances, daughter of Douglas Gilfillan Currie, of Montreal, Canada, and
has: 1d +Brian Andrew; born 1954 2d +John; born 1958 1d •Wendy Jane (twin); born 1954 2d •Martha; born 1960 4c +James Cornelius; born 26 July 1933; educated
Balliol College Oxford and McGill U Montreal; barrister Quebec 1958,
V-Chllr Diocese of Montreal 1968, Puisne Judge Superior Court and Court of
Queen's Bench Quebec 1972–73, Assoc Ch Justice Superior Court Quebec 1973–83,
Puisne Justice Fedl Court of Appeal 1983–; married 12 Sept 1958 •Mary
Rosamond, daughter of Ruben Ewart Stavert, of 3250 Cedar Ave, Montreal, Canada,
and has: 1d +James William; born 24 July 1959 2d +Alexander Ewart; born 26 Oct 1965 3d +Ross Adrian; born 10 Jan 1969 1d •Kathleen Jill; born 27 Oct 1960 2d •Alicia Mary; born 23 Jan 1962 1c •Mary Cecilia [Mrs Stephen Keynes, 14
Canonbury Park South, Islington, London N1 2JJ; Lammas House, Brinkley,
Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 0SB]; born 30 Nov 1929; married 22 April
1955 •Stephen John Keynes, OBE (1993), MA, Ind Documentary Film Producer,
youngest son of Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes, MA, MD, FRCS, of Lammas Ho,
Brinkley, Newmarket, by Margaret Elizabeth, younger daughter of Sir George
Howard Darwin, KCB, FRS, LLD, DSc, of Newnham Grange, Cambs, and has: 1d •Gregory Robert Edward; born 3 June
1956 2d •Toby William; born 2 Nov 1959 3d •Zachary Edmund; born 18 Oct 1962 1d •Elizabeth Harriet; born 15 Dec 1957 2d •Martha Paganel; born 25 April 1961 3b Alicia Mary Dorothea; born (posthumously)
18 Feb 1893; married 14 Oct 1915 Hon (Bernard) Clive Pearson, Maj Sussex
Yeo, 2nd son of 1st Viscount Cowdray (qv), and died 15 Jan 1974,
leaving issue 3a Reginald Bridges (Rev), Rector W Grinstead,
Sussex; born 19 Feb 1831; educated Balliol College Oxford (BA); married
1st 23 Aug 1866 Maria (died 28 Dec 1880), 2nd daughter of Rev Tatton
Brockman, MA, of Beachborough, nr Hythe, Rector Otham, Kent, and had, with
other issue: 1b Everard; born 17 April 1871; JP (Kent);
Maj Northants Regt S African War 1899–1901 (despatches, medal with five clasps)
and WW I; married 23 Sept 1908 Grace Marshall (died 11 Aug 1937),
eldest daughter of James Arthur Hindmarsh, of Ayr, and died 13 Oct 1946,
having had: 1c John Sancroft; born 21 July 1917; died
13 Dec 1928 1c •Mary, OBE (Civil 1946); born 22 Sept
1909; served WW II in NFS, SSStJ; married 22 March 1932 William Paterson
Keith, MVO (died 6 March 1963), youngest son of Samuel Paterson Keith,
of Edinburgh 2c •Pleasance Anne [Mrs John Comery, Home Farm,
Upper Hayesden, Tonbridge, Kent]; born 7 Sept 1920; F/O WAAF WW II; married
16 Feb 1948 •John Stuart Comery, MC, son of William Comery, of 20 W Parade,
Worthing, Sussex, and has: 1d •William Knatchbull; born 13 Feb
1952; educated Sherborne 1d •Patricia Mary,b 26 April 1950 1b Mabel Katharine; born 26 June 1868; married
19 June 1902 Rev Harry de Vitre Watson, Rector Belbroughton, Stourbridge,
Worcs (died 4 Feb 1947), youngest son of Gen Watson, Bengal Army, and died
4 Aug 1944, leaving issue 2b Violet; born 24 Dec 1869; died unmarried
20 Nov 1953 3b Winifred Martina; born 12 May 1873; married
3 May 1905 Rev Henry Edward St John Macdonald, Rector Hurstmonceux, Sussex,
son of Rev J L Macdonald, and died 19 May 1921, leaving issue 4b Margaret Amy; born 2 Nov 1880; married
25 June 1913 Albert Edmund Gyngell, Dir Johannesburg Art Gallery, and died
leaving issue 3a (cont.) Reginald Knatchbull-Hugessen married
2nd 26 May 1885 Rachel Mary (died 2 Oct 1929), daughter of Adml Sir
Alexander Leslie Montgomery, 3rd Bt, of The Hall, Co Donegal, and died 28
Jan 1911, having by her had: 2b Hughe Montgomery (Sir), KCMG (1936); born 26
March 1886; educated Eton and Balliol College Oxford (BA 1907); Amb
China 1936–37, Turkey 1939–44, Amb Berlin and Min Luxemburg 1944–47, ret 1947,
author: Diplomat in Peace and War (1949) and Kentish Family (1960);
married 16 July 1912 Mary (died 14 July 1978), daughter of
Brig-Gen Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, 1st Bt (see GILMOUR OF CRAIGMILLAR,
B), and died 21 March 1971, having had: 1c Norton Reginald; born 14 April 1913; educated
Balliol College Oxford (BLitt); died unmarried 26 March 1941 1c Elisabeth; born 17 March 1915; married
14 Feb 1939 Sir George Peregrine Young, 5th Bt (see YOUNG, Bt, of
Formosa Place), and died 15 Aug 1957, leaving issue 2c •Alethea [Miss Knatchbull-Hugessen, 23 Emden
Ho, Barton Lane, Old Headington, Oxford]; born 15 March 1918; joined Br
Cncl 1946 3b Maurice Astley, MC, Lt Gren Gds SR; born 18
May 1888; killed in action 25 Sept 1916 5b Rachel Joyse; born 17 May 1893; married
16 July 1917 Rev Hugh Henry Molesworth Bevan, MA, Archdeacon Emeritus
Ludlow, Preb Hereford (died 15 Jan 1970), elder son of Ven Henry Edward
James Bevan, Archdeacon Middx, and had issue 4a Herbert Thomas, MP Faversham 1885–95; born 1
Dec 1835; married 20 Sept 1883 Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Moses
Burton, and died 15 May 1922, leaving, with other issue: 1b Edwin Llewellyn; born 2 Aug, died 31
Aug 1873 2b Paul Lionel; born 28 July 1874; married
1906 Marie Blanche (died 9 Dec 1945), youngest daughter of Rémi
Poullin, of St Boniface, Manitoba, and died 1958, leaving: 1c +Herbert Clifford; born 28 July 1907;
Canadian Army WW II; married 6 July 1936 •Violet, elder daughter of
Samuel Oliver Emily Sutherland, of Edson, Alberta, and has: 1d •Darolyn Gail; born 7 Nov 1941 3b Edward; born 13 April 1877; married 9
Feb 1920 Edith Elizabeth (died 13 Oct 1957), daughter of Charles Edward
Chatfield, of Bloomsbury, and died 30 Dec 1969, leaving: 1c Maurice Knatchbull; born 11 March
1921; died 15 April 1928 2c Denis Norton; born 7 March 1923; married
26 July 1947 Mavis Josephine (died 1980), elder daughter of Henry
Albert Peard, of Bath, and died 1982, leaving: 1d +Mark Wyndham [Mark Knatchbull-Hugessen Esq,
11 Frayslea, Cowley Rd, Uxbridge, Middx]; born 21 May 1953 1d •Bernice Simone [Mrs Raymond Morley, 112
Springdale Rd, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset]; born 14 June 1949; married
1975 •Raymond Charles Morley, and has: 1e •Joseph Ronan Charles; born 1983 1e •Jessica Natasha; born 1985 2d •Teresa Frances [Mrs Donald Pooley, 145
Cowley Rd, Uxbridge, Middx]; born 19 Nov 1951; married 1971 •Donald
Pooley, and has: 1e •Matthew Lee; born 1970 2e •Damon Ross; born 1972 1c •Christina Pauline [Miss Christina
Knatchbull-Hugessen, 11 Greville Lodge, Avenue Rd, Highgate, London N6 5DP]; born
12 April 1931; educated Grouch End HS and London U; teacher 4b Algernon Albert; born 25 Dec 1879; 28
Aug 1949 5b George Arthur; born 1 Feb 1883; married
26 Dec 1910 Jessie (died 24 April 1961), daughter of John Downie
Kay, of Brinkley, Newmarket, and died 24 Feb 1966, leaving: 1c +Peter Merrick [Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen
Esq, Ropley House, Ropley, Hants SO24 0EB]; born 5 June 1915; educated
Wadham College Oxford (MA 1952); late Capt RA, served WW II with 111th
Field Regt RA and 6th Indian Field Regt, Headmaster Papplewick Sch Ascot 1950; married
1992 •Anna-Rose, daughter of Maj Henry McClintock Bunbury Bramwell, of The
White House, Mallow, Co Cork, and widow of Lord James Charles Crichton-Stuart (see
BUTE, M) 2c Robin John Kay; born 4 Oct 1921;
served WW II as Capt 8th King George V's Own Light Cav (Viceroy's Body Guard
1943–45), transferred to 3rd Dragoon Gds 1945, ret 1952; married 1st 29
Oct 1945 (divorce 1956) Enid Mabel, daughter of Edward Thomas Marlow, of
Highgate, N6, and had: 1d +Peter Wyndham [Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen
Esq, Grove Barn, Beckley, Oxon OX3 9US]; born 4 Sept 1947; married 1975
(divorce 1988) Henrietta Frances, daughter of Col John Ellis Spencer, of
Hill Farm, Swalcliffe, Oxon; m 2nd 10 Dec 1994 •Marilyn Freda Barrett, neé Higgs,
and by his 1st wife has: 1e +Thomas Michael; born 1977 2e +William Peter; born 1979 3e James; born and died 1981 1e •Lydia Victoria; born 1982 2e •Holly Frances; born 1984 2c (cont.) Robin Knatchbull-Hugessen married 2nd
23 May 1958 Barbara Anne Wilcox (died 31 Jan 2002), and died 1986,
having by her had: 2d +Simon Stephen [Simon Knatchbull-Hugessen
Esq, 5 Groombridge Cres, Chatsworth Lodge, Littleover, Derby DE23 7YA]; born
17 Nov 1960; married 1990 (divorce 1995) Tracy Helen, eldest
daughter of G Burns, of Hook, Hants 1d •Sally Anne, MVO (1989) [Mrs Thomas O'Brien
MVO, 103 Ridgewood Rd, Baltimore MD 21210, USA]; born 15 March 1959; educated
Christ's Hosp, St Andrews and Emory U; MA 1982; HM Dip Service 1983–90:
London 1983–85, UK Rep Brussels 1985–87, Washington 1987–90; Dir of Program
Devpt Johns Hopkins U Bloomberg Sch of Public Health 1991–; married 6
June 1987 •Dr Thomas Patrick O'Brien, MD, s of Thomas Patrick O'Brien, and has: 1e •William Thomas Robin; born 20 Sept 1991 2d •Jane Elizabeth [Mrs Jonathan Clarke, Wimple
Cottage, Coggeshall, Essex CO6 1NL]; born 21 Nov 1962; married 2000
•Jonathan Edward Clarke and has had: 1e Oliver Robin Jackson; born and died 3
March 2002 2e •Benedict Oliver Jackson; born 3 Feb
2003 6b Robin Herbert; born 22 Sept 1885; died
4 May 1921 1b Mary Mabel; born 20 Oct 1887; died unmarried
25 March 1944 2b Mabel Thomasine; born 30 Nov 1890; married
26 March 1921 John Tilsley Wright, son of Daniel Wright, of Blackheath,
Birmingham, and had issue Peerage
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