Norton Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne

Norton Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne
The Lord Brabourne
Born 8 October 1947 (1947-10-08) (age 64)
Title Baron Brabourne
Tenure 23 September 2005 – present
Predecessor John Knatchbull
Spouse(s) Penelope Meredith Eastwood
Issue Nicholas Knatchbull
Alexandra Knatchbull
Leonora Knatchbull
Parents John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma

Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne (born 8 October 1947), known until 2005 as Lord Romsey, is a British Peer.

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Life and education

Brabourne was born in London as the eldest son of John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne and Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Brabourne was educated at Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Moray, Scotland. He was subsequently educated at University of Kent, Kent, England.

With the death of his father on 23 September 2005 he became the 8th Baron Brabourne, of Brabourne in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He also succeeded to the title of 17th Baronet Knatchbull, of Mersham Hatch in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of England. Via his mother he is the heir apparent to the title Earl Mountbatten of Burma, which was created for Admiral of the Fleet Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India.

He is a descendant of Queen Victoria and also in line of succession to the British throne. He is also a relative of Jane Austen. Her brother, Edward, is Brabourne's great, great, great, great grandfather.[citation needed]

Marriage and children

Brabourne married Penelope Meredith Eastwood[1] (born 16 April 1953), a daughter of Reginald Wray Frank Eastwood, a self-made millionaire who began working life as a butcher at 15 and founded the Angus Steakhouse chain,[2] and wife Marian Elizabeth Hood, on 20 October 1979 at Romsey Abbey, Romsey, in Hampshire, where his parents were married in 1946. The family home is Broadlands, also in Hampshire.

The wedding took place two months after the assassination of his grandfather, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, by an IRA bomb which also killed 3 others, including his youngest brother, Nicholas Knatchbull (1964–1979), and his grandmother, the Dowager Lady Brabourne (1897–1979).

The Brabournes are very close friends and relations of the British Royal Family, and Lord Brabourne is one of the six godparents of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and is himself a godchild of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Lady Brabourne competes in carriage-driving competitions alongside Prince Philip. Lord Brabourne is a first cousin, once removed, of Prince Philip and second cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales and his siblings.

Lord and Lady Brabourne had three children; two have survived to adulthood:

Titles from birth

  • The Honourable Norton Knatchbull (1947–1979)
  • Lord Romsey (1979–2005)
  • The Right Honourable The Lord Brabourne (2005–present)

Ancestry

References

Preceded by
The Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Line of succession to the British throne Succeeded by
Nicholas Knatchbull
First in line Line of succession to the title Earl Mountbatten of Burma
1st position
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Knatchbull
Baron Brabourne
2005–present
Incumbent
Heir:
Nicholas Knatchbull

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