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Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne

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Norton Cecil Michael Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (11 February 1922 – 15 September 1943), was a British peer and soldier, the son of The 5th Baron Brabourne, Governor of Bengal.

Early life

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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

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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.[1]

Brabourne was buried in the Padua War Cemetery in Italy. He died unmarried, and his titles passed to his younger brother, John Knatchbull.

References

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  1. ^ "Storia diplomatica della questione dell'Alto Adige", pp 236–237, by Mario Toscano, published by Laterza, Bari, 1967.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Brabourne
1939–1943
Succeeded by