Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen's Family
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Cecil Marcus Knatchbull-Hugessen [4] continued.
... Knatchbull-Hugessen, as 4th Baron Brabourne, on the latter's death in action in 1915.
He also succeeded his cousin, Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, as 13th Baronet Knatchbull, when he died unmarried in 1917.
Lord Brabourne died in 1933, having had issue:
Cecil Marcus Knatchbull-Hugessen
Michael Herbert Rudolph Knatchbull-Hugessen – later Knatchbull. [5]
Born May 8th 1895.
Educated at Wellington and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
Lieutenant, Royal Artillery.
Served in Gallipoli and France 1915–1918.
Staff Officer, Royal Air Force 1919–1920.
Retired, with rank of Captain, 1920.
Three times mentioned in despatches.
Justice of the Peace for Kent 1927.
Conservative Member of Parliament for the Ashford division of Kent 1931–1933.
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India 1932–1933.
Governor of Bombay 1933–1937.
Governor of Bengal 1937.
Acting Governor-General of India 1938.
Assumed by deed-poll, June 29th 1919, the surname of Knatchbull only.
Married, July 22nd 1919, Lady Doreen Geraldine ...
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