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Edward Austen Knight (born Edward Austen; 7 October 1767 – 19 November 1852) was the third eldest brother of Jane Austen, and provided her with the use of a cottage in Chawton where she lived for the last years of her life (now Jane Austen's House Museum ). He was also High Sheriff of Kent in 1801.
Oct 7, 2009 · How did Jane Austen's rich brother Edward contribute to her and her family's financial security? Learn about his adoption by the Knights, his estates, his responsibilities, and his generosity.
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Sep 23, 2017 · Edward Austen was adopted by Thomas and Catherine Knight, the owners of Chawton estate, when he was fifteen. This changed his life and Jane's, as he became her patron and she wrote her novels in Chawton.
The Reading with Austen website project has located many titles missing from the present-day Knight Collection by searching for the five bookplates, all based on the various family coats-of-arms, of Thomas Knight, Edward Austen Knight, and Edward’s grandson Montagu George Knight (1844–1914). When this provenance is referenced in library ...
About. "I am now alone in the Library, Mistress of all I survey." Welcome to the Library of Godmersham Park, the estate of Jane Austen's brother Edward Austen Knight. Explore the shelves to see the books as Jane would have seen them, and read the works she would have handled—to skim or peruse, to discuss or borrow—on her visits to her brother.
Oct 7, 2019 · Edward Austen Knight was the son of Jane Austen's brother George and was adopted by Thomas and Catherine Knight, who gave him a lavish lifestyle and a Grand Tour. He married Elizabeth Bridges and inherited Godmersham Park, where Jane Austen visited him and his family.
Sep 25, 2023 · Built in 1732 on the site of an earlier Elizabethan building, Godmersham Park was part of the Knight family estate. Jane’s brother Edward was adopted by the son of Thomas Knight, a distant cousin of Mr Austen. Edward loved the countryside, and enjoyed horse riding and hunting with the boys in the surrounding villages.
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