Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet

Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet (12 December 1704 – 21 November 1789)[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the third son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Baronet and Alice Wyndham, daughter of Colonel John Wyndham.[2] In 1763, he succeeded his nephew Wyndham as baronet.[3] Knatchbull was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Armagh Borough in the Irish House of Commons from 1727 until 1760.[4]

Knatchbull married Grace Legge, second daughter of William Legge.[5] They had five daughters and three sons.[5] He died, aged 84, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only surviving son Edward.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsK.htm. Retrieved 11 April 2009. 
  2. ^ "ThePeerage - Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p14827.htm#i148264. Retrieved 24 January 2009. 
  3. ^ Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson. ed. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. vol. I. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 403. 
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm. Retrieved 11 April 2009. 
  5. ^ a b Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 158. 
  6. ^ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 46–47. 
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Silvester Crosse
John Eyre		 Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough
1727 – 1760
With: Ambrose Philips 1727–1749
Philip Bragg 1749–1759
Marquess of Tavistock 1759–1760		 Succeeded by
Robert Cuninghame
Hon. John Ponsonby
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham		 Baronet
 (of Mersham Hatch)
1763 – 1789		 Succeeded by
Edward Knatchbull