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About Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet was a British landowner, baronet and politician. A member of the Knatchbull family of Mersham Hatch in Kent, he served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1785 and sat as Member of Parliament for Kent from 1790 to 1802 and again from 1806 until his death. In the House of Commons debate on abolition of the slave trade in 1792, although listed among MPs favourable to abolition, he successfully moved that abolition should be deferred until 1796.
Everything about Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- May 22, 1758
- Died
- September 1, 1819