Wyndham Knatchbull

Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, 12th Baronet JP (9 August 1844 – 30 July 1917)[1] was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.

Knatchbull was the second son of Sir Norton Knatchbull, 10th Baronet and his wife Mary Watts-Russell, eldest daughter of Jesse Watts-Russell, MP for Gatton.[2] He was educated at Eton College and worked then as civil servant for the General Post Office.[3] In 1871, he succeeded his older brother Edward as baronet.[3] He entered the British House of Commons in 1875, sitting for East Kent until the following year.[3] Knatchbull was Justice of the Peace for Kent.[2]

Family

Knatchbull married, at Christ church, Folkestone, on 18 March 1902, Margaret Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Charles Taylor, Esq., of Frensham Hill, Surrey, and widow of John Dillon Browne, Esq.[4][5][6] Their marriage was childless.[6] He died in 1917 aged 73 and was succeeded by Cecil Knatchbull-Hugessen, the second son of his cousin Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne, in turn the second son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet.

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b Who is Who 1914. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1914. p. 1179.
  3. ^ a b c Debrett, John (1893). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage. London: Oldhams Press. p. 316.
  4. ^ Walford, Edward (1 January 1860). [KNATCHBULL, Lady] The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 36720. London. 20 March 1902. p. 1.
  6. ^ a b Dod, Charles Roger Phipps (1915). Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Dod's Peerage Ltd. p. 330.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Kent
18751876
With: Edward Leigh Pemberton
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Edward Knatchbull
Baronet
(of Mersham Hatch)
1871–1917
Succeeded by