Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet

Sir Edward Knatchbull
The Right Honourable; Sir Edward Knatchbull; Bt
Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough
	In office; 1727–1760
Personal details
Born	12 December 1704
Died	21 November 1789 (aged 84)
Spouse(s)	Grace Legge
Parents	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 Wyndham 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

"Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 11 April 2009.
"ThePeerage - Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Bt". Retrieved 24 January 2009.
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.
"Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Retrieved 11 April 2009.
Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 158.
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 Silvester Crosse John Eyre	Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough 1727–1760 With: Ambrose Philips 1727–1749 Philip Bragg 1749–1759 Marquess of Tavistock 1759–1760	Succeeded by Robert Cuninghame Hon. John Ponsonby
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham	Baronet (of Mersham Hatch) 1763–1789	Succeeded by Edward Knatchbull

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[1] "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 11 April 2009.

[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". Retrieved 11 April 2009.

[Debrett-5] 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.