Baron Brabourne

Baron Brabourne of Brabourne in the County of Kent is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The barony is pronounced bray -burn.

Baron Brabourne

The title was 1880 for the Liberal politician Edward Knatchbull - Hugessen created, the second son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet of Mersham Hatch. This had been a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons and Secretary of State in the interior and the Colonial Office.

Since 1919, the family is called only Knatchbull.

The 7th Baron married 1946 Patricia Mountbatten, the eldest daughter of the famous naval officer and last British Viceroy of India, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. As its title could pass power to his daughters express regulation, Patricia Knatchbull inherited when her father's death in 1979, its title.

On the death of the 7th Baron in 2005, his eldest son inherited the Barony and became 8th Baron. He will also inherit the title on the death of his mother. The barony then becomes the subordinate title of Earl Mountbatten of Burma are.

Baronetcy of Mersham Hatch

The baronetcy was created in 1641 in the Baronetage of England for Norton Knatchbull, had been the Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. Many of the subsequent Baronet also sat in the House of Commons.

On the death of the 12th baronet in 1917 the title passed to his cousin, the fourth Baron Brabourne, who thus became the 13th baronet. Since then, the title of Baronet Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch is connected to the barony Brabourne.

List of Baronets of Mersham Hatch and Barons Brabourne

Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch Baronets ( 1641)

• Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet ( 1602-1685 )
• Sir John Knatchbull, 2nd Baronet ( 1636-1696 )
• Sir Thomas Knatchbull, 3rd Baronet († 1712)
• Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Baronet († 1730)
• Sir Wyndham Knatchbull - Wyndham, 5th Baronet ( 1699-1749 )
• Sir Wyndham Knatchbull - Wyndham, 6th Baronet ( 1737-1763 )
• Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet ( 1704-1789 )
• Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet ( 1760-1819 )
• Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet ( 1781-1849 )
• Sir Norton Knatchbull, 10th Baronet ( 1808-1868 )
• Sir Edward Knatchbull, 11th Baronet ( 1838-1871 )
• Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, 12th Baronet ( 1844-1917 )
• Cecil Marcus Knatchbull - Hugessen, 4th Baron Brabourne and 13th Baronet ( 1863-1933 )

Given the further succession see below

Barons Brabourne (1880 )

• Edward Knatchbull - Hugessen Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne ( 1829-1893 )
• Edward Knatchbull - Hugessen, 2nd Baron Brabourne ( 1857-1909 )
• William Wyndham Wentworth Knatchbull - Hugessen, 3rd Baron Brabourne ( 1885-1915 )
• Cecil Marcus Knatchbull - Hugessen, 4th Baron Brabourne ( 1863-1933 )
• Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne ( 1895-1939 )
• Norton Cecil Michael Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne ( 1922-1943 )
• John Ulick Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne ( 1924-2005 )
• Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne ( b. 1947 )

The heir apparent is the son of the current title holder Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull ( b. 1981 )

See also

• Earl Mountbatten of Burma

• Barony