Baron Brabourne
| Baron Brabourne of Brabourne, Kent | |
|---|---|
| Creation date | 26 May 1880 |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne |
| Present holder | Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne |
| Heir apparent | Nicholas Knatchbull |
| Remainder to | The 1st Baron's heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten |
| The 8th Baron Brabourne is the heir apparent to the peerage of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, currently held by his mother, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma. | |
Baron Brabourne, of Brabourne in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1880 for the Liberal politician Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, the second son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet, of Mersham Hatch. He had previously represented Sandwich in the House of Commons and served as Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Lord Brabourne had assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Hugessen (which was that of his maternal grandmother) in 1849. His son, the second Baron, represented Rochester in Parliament as a Liberal.
In 1917 his younger brother, the fourth Baron, who had succeeded his nephew the third Baron in 1915, inherited the Baronetcy of Mersham Hatch. Since then the titles have remained merged. The fourth Baron was succeeded by his son, the fifth Baron. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Ashford, Governor of Bombay and Governor of Bengal. In 1919 Lord Brabourne assumed by deed poll the surname of Knatchbull only.
His eldest son, the sixth Baron, was killed in the Second World War, when the title passed to the latter's younger brother, the seventh Baron. He was a film and television producer. In 1946 he married The Honourable Patricia Mountbatten, daughter of the naval commander Viscount Mountbatten (later the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma). Their son, the eighth baron, who succeeded in 2005, is also heir apparent to the earldom of Mountbatten of Burma held by his mother. This means that the barony of Brabourne will eventually be held jointly by future Earls Mountbatten of Burma descended only from male lines of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma and her husband, the 7th Baron Brabourne. Should that male line become extinct, the titles will then separate or become extinct dependent on collateral male lines existing from previous holders of the titles.
...
Wikipedia