Sir John Knatchbull, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Knatchbull, 2nd Baronet (c. 1636 – 15 December 1696) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1690.
Background[edit]
Knatchbull was the eldest son of Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet and his first wife Dorothy Westrow, daughter of Thomas Westrow.[1] Knatchbull was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and matriculated in 1652.[2] He was then called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1655.[3]
Career[edit]
In April 1660, Knatchbull was elected Member of Parliament for New Romney together with his father until the following year.[3] In 1685 he succeeded his father as baronet and was elected MP for Kent. He was re-elected MP for Kent in 1689 and 1690.[3] In 1690, he was appointed Commissioner to the Lord Privy Seal, an office he held for the next two years.[4]
Knatchbull died aged sixty and was buried in Mersham Hatch in Kent.[3]
Family[edit]
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Knatchbull married Jane Monins, daughter of Sir Edward Monins, 2nd Baronet on 17 January 1659,[3] His sons having all predeceased him, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Thomas.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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. 402.
- ^ "Knatchbull, John (KNTL652J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d e History of Parliament Online – Knatchbull, John/
- ^ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. pp. 147.
External links[edit]
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