The Lord Brabourne | |
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 "A promising apprentice". Knatchbull-Hugessen M.P. as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, June 1870. | |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
| In office 25 May 1866 – 26 June 1866 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl Russell |
| Preceded by | Thomas Baring |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Belmore |
| In office 10 December 1868 – 11 January 1871 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt |
| Succeeded by | George Shaw-Lefevre |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
| In office 14 January 1871 – 17 February 1874 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | William Monsell |
| Succeeded by | James Lowther |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1829 |
| Died | 6 February 1893 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal (to 1880), Conservative (after 1880) |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Anna Maria Elizabeth Southwell (d. 1889) (2) Ethel Mary Walker |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne PC (29 April 1829 – 6 February 1893), known as E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, was a British Liberal and later Conservative politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department under Lord Russell in 1866 and under William Ewart Gladstone from 1868 to 1871 and was also Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies under Gladstone from 1871 to 1874. In 1880 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Brabourne.