Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne

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Norton Cecil Michael Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (11 February 192215 September 1943) was a British peer and soldier, the son of Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne.

Knatchbull was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Grenadier Guards. He fought in the Second World War, where he was wounded and captured by the Nazis in Italy in 1943 and became a prisoner of war. On his way to the concentration camp, he tried to escape from the prison train but was recaptured and shot dead.

Lord Brabourne died, unmarried and his titles passed to his younger brother, John Knatchbull.

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Preceded by
Michael Brabourne
Baron Brabourne Succeeded by
John Knatchbull
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