Chawton House was owned by Jane Austen's brother,Edward.(After 1812 he was known as Edward Knight and is sometimes refered to as Edward Austen Knight). Edward inherited the Chawton House Estate ...

Edward Austen Knight. Built in red brick, this 1732 mansion with its outbuildings and landscaped gardens now houses... an ophthalmology school, which very occasionally opens to visitors.

That didn’t mean going without love, as “anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without affection” – the words of Austen in a letter to her niece Fanny Knight – but ...

Likewise, Edward Austen is referred to as Edward Knight, although he did not change his name until 1812; and James-Edward Austen is referred to as Austen-Leigh in accordance with his post-1837 style.