William Knatchbull-Hugessen

William Western Knatchbull-Hugessen (23 May 1837 – 6 September 1864) was an English amateur cricketer who played in three first-class cricket matches in 1858 and 1859.

William Knatchbull-Hugessen
Personal information
Full name
William Western Knatchbull-Hugessen
Born(1837-05-23)23 May 1837
Mersham Hatch, Kent
Died6 September 1864(1864-09-06) (aged 27)
St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex
BattingRight-handed
RelationsSir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet (father)
Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne (brother)
Henry Knatchbull (uncle)
Cecil Knatchbull-Hugessen, 4th Baron Brabourne (nephew)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1856–1860Gentlemen of Kent
1859Kent
FC debut29 July 1858 Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England
Last FC25 July 1859 Kent v Middlesex
Source: CricInfo, 1 August 2021

Biography

The youngest son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet and his second wife Fanny, Knatchbull-Hugessen was born William Western Knatchbull at the family estate of Mersham-le-Hatch near Ashford in Kent in 1837.[1][2] Hugessen was added to the family name following the death of Sir Edward in 1849 as a condition of the will.[3] He was educated at Eton College before going up to Magdalen College, Oxford in 1855.[1][4]

Despite not playing for either the Eton or Oxford cricket teams, Knatchbull-Huggesen played cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent side between 1856 and 1860, generally as a wicket-keeper. He made two appearances for the side in matches which have been given first-class status, both in 1858 against Gentlemen of England sides.[5][6] He was a member of the management committee which set up the Maidstone based Kent County Club in 1859 and played one first-class match for the side that year.[5][6] In his three first-class matches he scored a total of 33 runs with his highest score of nine coming in his match for Kent. He did not bowl.[5]

At the 1861 census, Knatchbull-Hugessen was farming at Provender House at Norton, close to Faversham in Kent,[5] an estate which had been in the Hugessen family since the 17th-century.[7] He resigned from the Kent management committee in 1863 due to ill health and died of tuberculosis at St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex in September 1864, aged 27.[5][8] A memorial tablet was erected in the church of St John the Baptist in Mersham.[2]

Family

Knatchbull-Hugessen's brother, Edward became the first Baron Brabourne in 1880. Edward's son Cecil, who later became the fourth Baron Brabourne, also played first-class cricket, mainly playing for Cambridge University, but also made one appearance for Kent.[9][10][11] His uncle, Henry Knatchbull had played for Kent sides between 1827 and 1848 whilst Knatchbull-Hugessen's brother, Henry Thomas, took his place on the Kent management committee and was the club's president in 1880.[5][12]

References
  1. Foster J (1891) Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, vol II, p.704. Oxford: James Parker and Co. (Available online. Retrieved 2021-08-01. Also available at Wikisource. Retrieved 2022-04-18.)
  2. William Western Knatchbull-Hugessen, Find a Grave. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  3. Matthew HCG (2004) Knatchbull, Sir Edward, ninth baronet, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2021-08-01. (subscription required)
  4. Staplyton H (1884) Eton school lists from 1791 to 1877, p.247. London: EP Williams. (Available online. Retrieved 2021-08-01.)
  5. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp.313–314. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2021-08-01.)
  6. William Knatchbull-Hugessen, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-16. (subscription required)
  7. The History of Provender House, Provender House website. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  8. William Knatchbull-Hugessen, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  9. Obituary - Lord Brabourne, The Times, 1933-02-16, p.14.
  10. Brabourne, Supplementary List of Deaths in 1931–32 and 1933, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1935. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  11. Carlaw, Op. cit, p.313.
  12. Carlaw, Op. cit., p.312.
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