Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 2nd Baron Brabourne JP DL (5 April 1857 – 29 December 1909)[1] was a British peer and Liberal Party politician.
Brabourne was born at Great Malvern, Worcestershire, the eldest son of Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne, and Anna Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Reverend Marcus Southwell.
[4][5] The Rochester by-election was caused by the resignation of the Conservative Francis Hughes-Hallett after a scandal.
[2] Lord Brabourne married Amy Virginia, daughter of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale, in 1880.
Brabourne died in London in December 1909, aged 52, and was succeeded in the barony by his only surviving son, Wyndham.