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Authorised form of nameKnatchbull; Sir; Edward (1781 - 1849)
Dates1781 - 1849
Date of birth20 December 1781
Date of death24 May 1849
ActivityEducation:
Christchurch College, Oxford
Career:
Admitted to Lincoln's Inn (1803); MP for Kent (1819-1831); MP for East Kent (1832-1845); Privy Councillor (1834); Paymaster General to the Forces (1834-1835 and 1841-1845)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/05/1802
RelationshipsEldest son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bart; succeeded to the Baronetcy (1819).
Married: 1) 25 August 1806 Annabella Christiana daughter of Sir John Honywood (died 04 April 1814); 2) (24 October 1820) Fanny Catherine, daughter of Edward Knight of Godmersham Park, Kent
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/13053119
CodeNA7427
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1802/02Knatchbull, Sir Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/1/181Letter from Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society, Bernard Street, to Rev. Henry Bellenden11 December 1829
MC/1/183Letter from [Sir Edward] Knatchbull, Mersham Hatch, to the Royal Society13 December 1829
MC/1/187Letter from Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society, East Bourne, to the Royal Society14 January 1830
MC/1/180Letter from [Sir Edward] Knatchbull, Mersham Hatch, to the Royal Society2 December 1829
MC/1/258Letter from [Rev. Henry Bellenden], Lincoln's Inn, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society, Bernard Street, Russell Square12 November 1830
MC/1/298Letter from [Sir Edward] Knatchbull, 30 Great George Street, to Davies Gilbert31 March 1831
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
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