7th Baron Brabourne, CBE (1924-2005)
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Michael Rhodes
Sep 23, 2005, 2:21:21 PM9/23/05
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The 7th Baron Brabourne, CBE, film and television producer., Director
of Thames Television, 1975-93 (Chairman 1990-93), died at his home in
Kent, Friday 23 September, 2005. He was aged 80.
Lord Brabourne was a son-in-law of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and a
survivor of the IRA bomb which killed Mountbatten, and Brabourne's
mother and son, and others, at Mullaghmore, Ireland, in August, 1979.
John Ulick Knatchbull was born 9 November, 1924, son of the 5th Baron
Brabourne (1895-1939) by his wife Lady Doreen Geraldine Browne (Order
of the Crown of India; DStJ), daughter of the 6th Marquess of Sligo,
and was educated at Eton and Oxford.
He succeeded to the barony (UK 1880) and the Baronetcy (England 1641),
on the demise of his elder brother, the 6th peer, 15 September, 1943.
The elder brother, Norton, was shot by the Nazis after he had escaped
from a prison train in Italy and was recaputred.
He married 26 Oct, 1946, Lady Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten,
elder daughter of Admiral of the Fleet the 1st Earl Mountbatten of
Burma, KG, PC, OM, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO. His wife succeeded to
her father's peerages under the terms of the special remainder, 27 Aug,
1979.
Films produced: Harry Blackl (1958); Sink the Bismarck! (1959); HMS
Defiant (1961); Othello (1965); The Mikado (1966); Romeo and Juliet: Up
the Junction (1967); Dance of DEath (1968); Tales of Beatrix Potter
(1971); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); Death on the Nile (1978);
Stories from the Flying Trunk (1979); The Mirror Crack'd (1979); Evil
Under the Sun (1982); A Passage to India (1984); Little Dorrit (1987),
&c.
Lord Brabourne is survived by his wife, Countess Mountbatten, and by
four sons and two daughters. The fourth of his five sons, Nicholas,
died in the IRA outrage, 1979.
He is succeeded in the peerage and baronetcy by his eldest son, Norton
Louis Philip Knatchbull (a godson of the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen
Louise of Sweden), who has been styled Baron Romsey since 1979. He was
b. 8 Oct, 1947.
Source: BBC News
of Thames Television, 1975-93 (Chairman 1990-93), died at his home in
Kent, Friday 23 September, 2005. He was aged 80.
Lord Brabourne was a son-in-law of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and a
survivor of the IRA bomb which killed Mountbatten, and Brabourne's
mother and son, and others, at Mullaghmore, Ireland, in August, 1979.
John Ulick Knatchbull was born 9 November, 1924, son of the 5th Baron
Brabourne (1895-1939) by his wife Lady Doreen Geraldine Browne (Order
of the Crown of India; DStJ), daughter of the 6th Marquess of Sligo,
and was educated at Eton and Oxford.
He succeeded to the barony (UK 1880) and the Baronetcy (England 1641),
on the demise of his elder brother, the 6th peer, 15 September, 1943.
The elder brother, Norton, was shot by the Nazis after he had escaped
from a prison train in Italy and was recaputred.
He married 26 Oct, 1946, Lady Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten,
elder daughter of Admiral of the Fleet the 1st Earl Mountbatten of
Burma, KG, PC, OM, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO. His wife succeeded to
her father's peerages under the terms of the special remainder, 27 Aug,
1979.
Films produced: Harry Blackl (1958); Sink the Bismarck! (1959); HMS
Defiant (1961); Othello (1965); The Mikado (1966); Romeo and Juliet: Up
the Junction (1967); Dance of DEath (1968); Tales of Beatrix Potter
(1971); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); Death on the Nile (1978);
Stories from the Flying Trunk (1979); The Mirror Crack'd (1979); Evil
Under the Sun (1982); A Passage to India (1984); Little Dorrit (1987),
&c.
Lord Brabourne is survived by his wife, Countess Mountbatten, and by
four sons and two daughters. The fourth of his five sons, Nicholas,
died in the IRA outrage, 1979.
He is succeeded in the peerage and baronetcy by his eldest son, Norton
Louis Philip Knatchbull (a godson of the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen
Louise of Sweden), who has been styled Baron Romsey since 1979. He was
b. 8 Oct, 1947.
Source: BBC News
Michael Rhodes
Sep 26, 2005, 9:05:18 PM9/26/05
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BRABOURNE
BRABOURNE.-Lord, John Ulick Knatchbull, died peacefully on Thursday,
September 22nd 2005 at home surrounded by his beloved wife Patricia and
6 loving children. Funeral, 3 p.m., Friday, September 30th at Mersham
Parish Church, near Ashford, Kent. Car parking by 2 p.m. at
Mersham-le-Hatch for minibus shuttle to church, and back for reception.
Parking at church for elderly and disabled only. Details from The
Secretary 01233 503636 or b...@knatchbull.com or www.lordbrabourne.com.
Donations, in lieu of flowers, to The Caldecott Foundation, Mersham,
Kent TN25 6SP. Service of Thanksgiving in London to be announced.
BRABOURNE
BRABOURNE.-Lord, John Ulick Knatchbull, died peacefully on Thursday,
September 22nd 2005 at home surrounded by his beloved wife Patricia and
6 loving children. Funeral, 3 p.m., Friday, September 30th at Mersham
Parish Church, near Ashford, Kent. Car parking by 2 p.m. at
Mersham-le-Hatch for minibus shuttle to church, and back for reception.
Parking at church for elderly and disabled only. Details from The
Secretary 01233 503636 or b...@knatchbull.com or www.lordbrabourne.com.
Donations, in lieu of flowers, to The Caldecott Foundation, Mersham,
Kent TN25 6SP. Service of Thanksgiving in London to be announced.
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