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Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne, CI (29 May 1896–27 August 1979) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, socialite and victim of the Provisional IRA.

Family life

Lady Brabourne was born The Lady Doreen Geraldine Browne, the third daughter of George Ulick Browne 6th Marquess of Sligo and Agatha Stewart Hodgson, granddaughter of William Forsyth QC. On 22 January 1919, she married Hon. Michael Knatchbull, a son of Cecil Knatchbull-Hugessen, 4th Baron Brabourne and his eventual successor.

They had two children:

• The Hon. Norton Cecil Michael Knatchbull, later 6th Baron Brabourne (1922–1943)
• The Hon. John Ulick Knatchbull, later 7th Baron Brabourne (1924–2005)

On 15 February 1933, her husband succeeded his father as 5th Baron Brabourne and Doreen became The Lady Brabourne.

Death

She was killed on 27 August 1979, aged 83, on Donegal Bay, County Sligo, Ireland along with Lord Mountbatten, The Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull and Paul Maxwell by a bomb planted in Mountbatten's fishing boat by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

References

• Peerage website
• mountbattenofburma.com - Tribute & Memorial website to Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma