Background
KNATCHBULL - HUGESSEN, Herbert Thomas was born on December 1, 1835 in Mersham Hatch, near Ashford, Kent. Younger brother of 1st Baron Brabourne and 4th son of late Right Honourable Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet, Member of Parliament, and 2nd wife, Fanny Catherine, daughter of Edward Knight of Godinersham Park, Kent, and Chawton House, Hampshire.