Wyndham Knatchbull

Who was Wyndham Knatchbull?

Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, 12th Baronet JP was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.

Knatchbull was the second son of Sir Norton Knatchbull, 10th Baronet and his wife Mary Watts-Russell, eldest daughter of Jesse Watts-Russell. He was educated at Eton College and worked then as civil servant for the General Post Office. In 1871, he succeeded his older brother Edward as baronet. He entered the British House of Commons in 1875, sitting for East Kent until the following year. Knatchbull was Justice of the Peace for Kent.

On 18 March 1902, he married Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Taylor and widow of John Dillon Browne. Their marriage was childless. Knatchbull died in 1917 and was succeeded by Cecil Knatchbull-Hugessen, the second son of his cousin Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne, in turn the second son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet. His wife survived him for four years until 1921.