caption relations death_date death_place birth_place parents birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
edward austen around 1788 jane austen , sister 19 november 1852 godmersham , kent deane , hampshire george austen and cassandra leigh 7 october 1768 elizabeth bridges 1791-1808 edwardausten.gif edward austen knight
 edward austen knight high sheriff of kent
edward austen knight

edward austen knight -lrb- 7 october 1768 -- 19 november 1852 -rrb- 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 .
he was also high sheriff of kent in 1801 .
