Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne
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Norton Cecil Michael Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (11 February 1922–15 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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| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Michael Brabourne |
Baron Brabourne | Succeeded by John Knatchbull |
Categories: 1922 births | 1943 deaths | Old Etonians | Sandhurst graduates | Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom | Grenadier Guards officers | British Army personnel of World War II | Deaths by firearm in Italy | World War II prisoners of war held by Germany | British military personnel killed in World War II
