Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet

Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet was a British landowner, baronet and politician. A member of the Knatchbull family of Mersham Hatch in Kent, he served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1785 and sat as Member of Parliament for Kent from 1790 to 1802 and again from 1806 until his death. In the House of Commons debate on abolition of the slave trade in 1792, although listed among MPs favourable to abolition, he successfully moved that abolition should be deferred until 1796.