| The Right Honourable The Lord Brabourne PC |
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| "A promising apprentice". Knatchbull-Hugessen M.P. as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, June 1870. | |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
| In office 25 May 1866 – 26 June 1866 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl Russell |
| Preceded by | Hon. Thomas Baring |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Belmore |
| In office 10 December 1868 – 11 January 1871 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt |
| Succeeded by | George Shaw-Lefevre |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
| In office 14 January 1871 – 17 February 1871 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | William Monsell |
| Succeeded by | James Lowther |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1829 |
| Died | 6 February 1893 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Anna Maria Elizabeth Southwell (d. 1889) (2) Ethel Mary Walker |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne PC (29 April 1829 – 6 February 1893), was a British Liberal politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department under Lord Russell in 1866 and under William Ewart Gladstone from 1868 to 1871 and was also Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies under Gladstone from 1871 to 1874. In 1880 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Brabourne.
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Born Edward Hugessen Knatchbull, he was the younger son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet, who twice served as Paymaster-General, and his second wife Fanny Catherine Knight, who was a niece of author Jane Austen. In 1849 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Hugessen, which was the maiden surname of his father's mother. Knatchbull-Hugessen was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union.
In 1857 Knatchbull-Hugessen was elected Member of Parliament for Sandwich, a seat he would hold until 1880.[1] He served as a Lord of the Treasury under Lord Palmerston from 1859 to 1860, as Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs under Lord Russell in 1866 and under Gladstone from 1868 to 1871 and as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies under Gladstone from 1871 to 1874.[2] He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1873[3] and raised to the peerage as Baron Brabourne, of Brabourne in the County of Kent, in 1880.[4]
Lord Brabourne edited the first edition of Jane Austen's letters, published in 1884. This edition included about two-thirds of her surviving letters, and was dedicated to Queen Victoria. He inherited the letters after his mother's death in December 1882.[5]
Lord Brabourne married twice and had six children. His first wife was Anna Maria Elizabeth Southwell. They hadfour children:
Lady Brabourne on 2 May 1889, and on 3 June 1890 Lord Brabourne remarried Ethel Mary Walker, daughter of Colonel Sir George Gustavus Walker. They had two children:
Lord Brabourne died in February 1893, aged 63, and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Edward.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Lord Charles Pelham-Clinton James McGregor |
Member of Parliament for Sandwich 1857–1880 With: Lord Clarence Paget 1857–1866 Charles Capper 1866–1868 Henry Brassey 1868–1880 |
Succeeded by Henry Arthur Brassey Charles Henry Compton Roberts |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Hon. Thomas Baring |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department May–June 1866 |
Succeeded by The Earl Belmore |
| Preceded by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1868–1871 |
Succeeded by George Shaw-Lefevre |
| Preceded by William Monsell |
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1871–1874 |
Succeeded by James Lowther |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Brabourne 1880–1893 |
Succeeded by Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen |