Knatchbull-Hugesson was born 21 September 1885 on at
Norton, Kent the son of
Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 2nd Baron Brabourne. Knatchbull-Hugesson was commissioned in the
Grenadier Guards and joined the 2nd Battalion in 1908. On the death of his father in 1909 he became the
3rd Baron Brabourne. He resigned in 1911 and joined the special reserve of the regiment and rejoined on mobilisation for the First World War. ==References==