Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet was a British landowner, baronet and politician. A member of the Knatchbull family of Mersham Hatch in Kent, he served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1785 and sat as Mem
Knatchbull with his children
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet was an Irish politician.
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet
…listed among MPs favourable to abolition, he successfully moved that abolition should be deferred until 1796. Knatchbull was the only surviving son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet and his wife Grace Legge, second daughter of William Legge. The Knatchbull baronets were seated at Mersham Hatch in Kent. In 1789, he succeeded his…
Portrait of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet