The Knatchbull/ Knatchbull-Hugesson family

Hi Super Sleuths,

 

 Here is a FIND!  

 

Regency and Georgian Literature with a Kent Connection which Rob Illingworth has dug up.  They tie in nicely with our Jane Austen heritage link.

 

 The Knatchbull/ Knatchbull-Hugesson family- There is a strong association between the Austen & Knatchbull family. Most notably, Jane Austen's niece Fanny Knight was the second wife of Edward Knatchbull. Her son, Edward Knatchbull- Hugesson, the first Baron Brabourne, edited the first published edition of Jane Austen's letters: http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/brablets.html

He also wrote stories for children: Eg. The Pig-faced Queen (Queer Folk, 1874) is a savage attack on feminism. His daughter, Eva Knatchbull-Hugesson was an entertaining diarist. A manuscript for her unpublished novel, "The Netherpoint Tragedy," is in the Knatchbull collection at the Centre for Kentish Studies.

 

Email from: Rob Illingworth

The Centre for Kentish Studies

Sessions House

County Hall

Maidstone

ME14 1XQ

Tel: 01622 694460

 

22 September 2009 from Michelle

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