Name Norton 6th | Died September 15, 1943 | |
Role Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne's son Siblings John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne Parents Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne, Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne Nieces Lady Amanda Ellingworth, Joanna Knatchbull Similar People John Knatchbull - 7th Baron, Nicholas Knatchbull, Patricia Knatchbull - 2nd Coun, Lady Amanda Ellingworth, Norton Knatchbull - 8th Baron | ||
Norton Cecil Michael Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (11 February 1922 – 15 September 1943), was a British peer and soldier, the son of His Excellency The 5th Baron Brabourne, Governor of Bengal.
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Early life
Knatchbull was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served briefly as a soldier in The Buffs (The Royal East Kent Regiment) in 1940 before being commissioned into the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War.
Capture and death
Lord Brabourne was wounded and captured by the Germans in Italy in 1943. On his way to captivity in Germany he tried to escape from the prison train at Bronzolo, a village in South Tyrol, together with Arnold Guy Vivian, a fellow officer in the 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Both were recaptured and executed by the SS in Bronzolo on 15 September 1943.
Brabourne died unmarried, and his titles passed to his younger brother, John Knatchbull.