Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet

Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet (22 May 1758 – 1 September 1819)[1] was a British politician and baronet.

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Background

He was the only surviving son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet and his wife Grace Legge, second daughter of William Legge.[2] In 1789, he succeeded his father as baronet.[3] Knatchbull was educated at Tunbridge and Winchester School.[4] He matriculated at Christ Church College, Oxford in 1777 and received a Doctorate of Civil Law by the University of Oxford in 1810.[5]

Career

Knatchbull was High Sheriff of Kent in 1785.[6] He entered the British House of Commons in 1790, sitting for Kent until 1802.[7] He represented the constituency as Member of Parliament (MP) again from 1806 until his death in 1819.[7]

Family

In July 1780, he married firstly Mary Hugessen, daughter of William Western Hugessen, and had by her a son and two daughters.[8] She died in 1784 and Knatchbull married secondly Frances Graham, daughter of John Graham on 2 June 1785.[9] They had nine children, five sons and four daughters.[3] After her death in 1799, Knatchbull married finally Mary Hawkins, daughter of Thomas Hawkins at St George's, Hanover Square on 13 April 1801.[5] By his third wife he had seven children.[3]

Knatchbull died aged 61, after a short illness, at his son's house at Provender, Kent and was buried in Mersham.[4] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son Edward.[8] A younger son was probably John Knatchbull, a naval captain and convict found guilty of murder in 1844; who was one of the earliest to raise in a British court the plea of moral insanity (unsuccessfully).[10]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsK.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2009. 
  2. ^ 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. 402. 
  3. ^ a b c 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. 
  4. ^ a b Sylvanus, Urban (1819). The Gentleman's Magazine. part II. London: John Nichols and Son. pp. 371. 
  5. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p2909.htm#i29086. Retrieved 19 February 2007. 
  6. ^ Hasted, Edward (1798). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. vol. VII (2nd ed.). Canterbury: W. Bristow. pp. 597. 
  7. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Kent". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Kcommons1.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2009. 
  8. ^ a b Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 158–159. 
  9. ^ The London Magazine. part I. London: R. Baldwin. 1785. pp. 461. 
  10. ^ "Knatchbull, John (1792-1844)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. 1967. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020056b.htm. Retrieved 6 March 2008. 

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Filmer Honywood
Charles Marsham		 Member of Parliament for Kent
1790 – 1801
With: Filmer Honywood 1790–1796
Sir William Geary, Bt 1796–1801		 Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain		 Member of Parliament for Kent
1801 – 1802
With: Sir William Geary, Bt		 Succeeded by
Sir William Geary, Bt
Filmer Honywood
Preceded by
Filmer Honywood
Sir William Geary, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Kent
1806 – 1819
With: William Honywood 1806–1812
Sir William Geary, Bt 1812–1818
William Philip Honywood 1818–1819		 Succeeded by
William Philip Honywood
Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Edward Knatchbull		 Baronet
 (of Mersham Hatch)
1789 – 1819		 Succeeded by
Edward Knatchbull