Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet

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Sir Edward Knatchbull
Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough
In office
1727–1760
Personal details
Born12 December 1704
Died21 November 1789 (aged 84)
SpouseGrace Legge
Parent(s)Sir Edward Knatchbull
Alice Wyndham

Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet (12 December 1704 – 21 November 1789)[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the third son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Baronet and Alice Wyndham, daughter of Colonel John Wyndham.[2] In 1763, he succeeded his nephew Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 6th Baronet as baronet.[3] Knatchbull was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Armagh Borough in the Irish House of Commons from 1727 until 1760.[4]

Knatchbull married Grace Legge, second daughter of William Legge.[5] They had five daughters and three sons.[5] He died, aged 84, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only surviving son Edward.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "ThePeerage – Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Bt". Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  3. ^ 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. p. 403.
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment – Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ a b Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 158.
  6. ^ 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. 46–47.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough
1727–1760
With: Ambrose Philips 1727–1749
Philip Bragg 1749–1759
Marquess of Tavistock 1759–1760
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Mersham Hatch)
1763–1789
Succeeded by