Catalogue of Portraits, 1920, no. 112.

London, Royal Academy, 1918, no. 646, as Capt. the Hon. M. Knatchbull-Hugessen, M.C.

This portrait of the Hon. Michael Knatchbull was painted towards the end of the 1st World War. Following the cessation of hostilities, he remained with the RAF for another two years and then returned to civilian life with his new bride Lady Doreen Browne. Together they took over the running of the estate in Kent and in due course he became Member of Parliament for the local constituency of Ashford. As an MP he became Permanent Private Secretary to Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for India. In 1933 on his father's death he left the Commons for the Lords. Later that year he was made Governor of Bombay and he and Lady Brabourne left for India. He held the post for four years and his time there still resonates in the Brabourne Stadium, the famous cricket ground he helped to establish. In 1937 he became a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India and made Governor of Bengal. His time in Calcutta was interrupted the following year when he was appointed Viceroy of India (standing in for Lord Linlithgow who had returned to Britain). He died the following year and was laid to rest in St. John's Churchyard in Calcutta.