Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet
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The Right Honourable Sir Edward Knatchbull Bt FRS |
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Portrait of Knatchbull by Thomas Phillips
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| Paymaster of the Forces | |
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In office 23 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
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| Monarch | William IV |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
| Preceded by | Lord John Russell |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Parnell, Bt |
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In office 8 September 1841 – 1 March 1845 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
| Preceded by | Hon. Edward Stanley |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Bingham Baring |
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| Born | 20 December 1781 |
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24 May 1849 (aged 67) Mersham Hatch, Kent |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory/Ultra-Tory |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Annabella Honywood (d. 1814) (2) Fanny Knight (1793-1882) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet PC, FRS (20 December 1781 – 24 May 1849) was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as Paymaster of the Forces between 1834 and 1835 and as Paymaster-General between 1841 and 1845.
Knatchbull was the son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet, and Mary, daughter of William Western Hugessen, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and matriculated in 1800. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1802 and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1803. In 1819 he succeeded in the baronetcy on the death of his father.
Knatchbull was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kent at a by-election in November 1819, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. He held the seat until the 1831 general election, which he did not contest. The Reform Act 1832 split the Kent county constituency into Eastern and Western divisions, and at the 1831 general election Knatchbull was elected as one of the two MPs for the new Eastern division of Kent. He held that seat until his resignation in early 1845 by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.
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