Henry Edward Knatchbull (30 August 1808 – 31 August 1876) was an English clergyman and amateur

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er who played top level matches in the 19th century. Knatchbull was a son of

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and his third wife Mary Hawkins.Henry Edward Knatchbull
St John the Baptist Church, Campsea Ashe. Retrieved 2018-03-01. He was born in 1808 at

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in KentHenry Knatchbull

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. Retrieved 2018-03-01. and educated at Winchester College. He graduated from Wadham College, Oxford in 1832 and went into the Church of England clergy, initially as a

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at Billingford in Norfolk. In 1833 he was appointed vicar of North Elmham in Norfolk before moving in 1867 to be vicar at

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. He remained at Campsea Ashe until he died there in 1876, aged 68. He married Pleasance Bagge in 1835.Henry Edward Knatchbull
The Peerage. Retrieved 2018-03-01. The couple had no children, his wife dying in 1865.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), p. 312.
Available online
at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) He played first-class cricket for a range of teams, including Oxford University, Kent teams associated amateur Gentlemen of Kent sides and made one appearance for

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in 1848. He also played for the

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, MCC, Cambridge University and both Norfolk and

teams. He made his first-class debut in 1827.Henry Knatchbull
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-03-01.

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