Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, GCSI, GCIE, MC was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne. Baptised Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull-Hugessen, he dropped the Hugessen part of his surname by deed poll in 1919. Knatchbull was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served in the Royal Artillery, rising to the rank of Lieutenant and in the RAF, rising to Captain.

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  • Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, GCSI, GCIE, MC was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne. Baptised Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull-Hugessen, he dropped the Hugessen part of his surname by deed poll in 1919. Knatchbull was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served in the Royal Artillery, rising to the rank of Lieutenant and in the RAF, rising to Captain. He fought in the First World War (where he was mentioned in dispatches three times) and was awarded the Military Cross. On 22 January 1919, he married Lady Doreen Browne, daughter of the 6th Marquess of Sligo and they had two children: Norton Cecil Michael Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (1922–1943) John Ulick Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924–2005) Knatchbull was elected Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashford in 1931 and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for India, from 1932 to 1933. In 1933, upon his father's death, he succeeded as Baron Brabourne and was invested as a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire; he became Governor of Bombay until 1937. While Governor in Bombay he laid the foundation stone at the historic Brabourne Stadium cricket ground in 1936 after conducting negotiations for the land with Anthony de Mello of the Cricket Club of India (CCI). In 1937 he also became a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India and served as Governor of Bengal until 1939, the year he died. His wife, Lady Doreen, was killed in 1979 in the Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb blast that also killed Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and one of their grandsons.
  • Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, was de zoon van Cecil Knatchbull-Hugessen, 4th Baron Brabourne. Hij behoorde tot de Britse adel en was een Brits soldaat. Hij trouwde op 22 januari 1919 met Lady Doreen Browne, een dochter van George Browne, 6de Markies van Sligo. Het paar kreeg twee kinderen: Norton Cecil Michael, 6th Baron Brabourne John Ulick, 7th Baron Brabourne Lord Brabourne maakte carrière in het Britse leger en vocht in de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Na de oorlog had hij verschillende politieke functies.
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  • Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, GCSI, GCIE, MC was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne. Baptised Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull-Hugessen, he dropped the Hugessen part of his surname by deed poll in 1919. Knatchbull was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served in the Royal Artillery, rising to the rank of Lieutenant and in the RAF, rising to Captain.
  • Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, was de zoon van Cecil Knatchbull-Hugessen, 4th Baron Brabourne. Hij behoorde tot de Britse adel en was een Brits soldaat. Hij trouwde op 22 januari 1919 met Lady Doreen Browne, een dochter van George Browne, 6de Markies van Sligo. Het paar kreeg twee kinderen: Norton Cecil Michael, 6th Baron Brabourne John Ulick, 7th Baron Brabourne Lord Brabourne maakte carrière in het Britse leger en vocht in de Eerste Wereldoorlog.
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  • Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne
  • Michael Knatchbull
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