Knight, David Francis, son of Francis Charles Knight, cigar shipper, of Putney, and Bertha Clara, d. of Frank Davis, author and sculptor, of St Ives, Cornwall; b. 6 Feb. 1902; adm. Jan. 1916 (H); left Dec. 1920; HAC 1921-8; joined The Buffs 1939; Maj. RAF Regt 1944, retd 1946; a cigar shipper; m. 2 Apr. 1949 Alice, d. of S. J. Housley of Tours, France; d. 6 Dec. 1996.

Knight, Cecil Bertie Howard, elder son of Alfred Howard Knight, of Brondesbury, Middle­sex, by Luna Lizzie, daughter of William Tomlinson, of Bradley, Derbyshire; b. June 3, 1883; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); exhibitioner 1896; left (with Triplett) July 1902; Exeter Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1902; exhibitioner (History) 1902; B.A. 1905; M.A. 1909; Leeds Clergy School 1907; ord. deacon 1907, priest 1909 (London); Curate of St. John-at­ Hackney, Middlesex, 1907-11, of St. Pancras 1911-3; Warden of the Inns of Court Mission, Drury Lane, 1913-9; Chaplain of Li ncoln's Inn 1913-7; temp. Chaplain to the Forces 1915-9; served in Mesopotamia 1916-7, and in France 1918-9; S. C. F. 1919; M.C. Jan. 11, 1919; Vicar of St. Barnabas, Walthamstow, Essex, 1919-25; Rector of Chingford, in the same co., 1925-32; Vicar of Feering 1932-8; priest-in-charge, Gt. Canfield, 1938-9; Rector of Hutton, Essex, 1939-52; a public preacher, diocese of Chelmsford, since 1952; Hon. Canon of Chelmsford 1941-57; Canon Emeritus 1957; author of The Story of Chingfotd Old Church (1932); m. 1st July 9, 1913, Jessie Gunn Wilson, only daughter of John Wilson Hope, C.B.E., of Wanstead, Essex; 2nd May 18, 1957, Catharine Mary, widow of Reginald Maxwell Mason, of Westland, North Chailey, Lewes, Sussex, and daughter of Daniel John Symonds, of Symondsbury, Dorset; d. 6 Apr. 1976.

KNATCHBULL, WADHAM, eldest son of Rev. Wadham Knatchbull LLD, Chancellor and Prebendary of Durham, and Vicar of Chilham, Kent, and Harriet, dau. of Charles Parry, Oakfield, Berks.; bapt. Durham Cathedral 27 Jan 1745/6; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1759; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1764, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1764; BA 1768; MA 1771; ordained; Preacher, Highgate Chapel, Middlesex, from 1769; d. 6 Jan 1773.

Knapp-Fisher, Hubert Clinton, son of Edward Francis Knapp-Fisher (q.v.), by his 1st wife; b. Aug. 8, 1899; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (A); left July 1914; author of Outline of World History for Boys and Girls (1931) and a number of other educational works; m. 1933 Joan Katharine, daughter of James Harrison, of Burnley, Lancs; d. Oct. 7, 1959.

KNAPP-FISHER, SIR EDWARD FRANCIS, second son of George Henry Knapp-Fisher, Cavendish Road West, Regent’s Park, London, solicitor, and Elizabeth Grace, dau. of John Goodchild MD, Westerham, Kent; b. 15 Nov 1864; adm. 27 Sep 1877 (J) (as Edward Francis Fisher); left Dec 1878; adm. solicitor Mar 1887; assumed additional surname of Knapp 1900; Receiver-Gen. and Chapter Clerk, Westminster Abbey 1917-38; Secretary to Governing Body, Westminster School 1918-38; knighted 1930; CVO 1938; m. 1st, 28 Jul 1892 Winifred, youngest dau. of James Wilson Holme; m. 2nd, 16 Jun 1917 Ethel Mary Eykyn, elder dau. of James Bagnold Burgess RA; d. 29 Nov 1940.

Knapp, Percival Ernest, brother of Sir Arthur Rowland Knapp (q.v.); b. Dec. 20, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; left Dec. 1892; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Devonshire Regt. Oct. 10, 1894; Lieut. Nov. 5, 1897, 2nd Madras Infantry July 30, 1898, 1st (afterwards the 51st) Sikhs Dec. 1898; Capt. Oct. 10, 1903; Double Company Commander Oct. 13, 1905; Major Oct. 10, 1912; served in the Tirah campaign 1897-8, in China at the relief of Peking 1900, in Egypt Nov. 1914-July 1915, at Aden July-Aug. 1915, and in Mesopotamia from Nov. 1915; mentioned in despatches; killed in action at Sheikh Saad Jan. 7, 1916; unm.

Knapp, Sir Arthur Rowland, son of Lieut.-Col. Charles Barrett Knapp, of Netley, Hants, by Sophia, daughter of William Macdonnell, of Dublin; b. Dec. 10, 1870; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1884; Capt. of the School 1888; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1889, matric. Oct. 11, 1889; passed into the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1889; arrived in India ov. 20, 1891, and served in Madras as Asst. Collector and Magistrate; Under Secretary to the Govern­ment Feb. 1899; Sub-Collector and joint Magistrate Nov. 1904; Collector and Magistrate Nov. 1908; Secretary to the Government Revenue Dept. Jan. 1917, confirmed April 1918; Chief Secretary to the Government Aug. 1919; a Commissioner, Malabar Rebellion, 1921; Member of Executive Council of Governor of Madras 1922-5; resigned 1925; C.B.E. June 3, 1919; C. S. I. Jan. 2, 1922; K.C. l. E. Jan. 1, 1924; a great authority on the portraits of Warren Hastings and organiser of the Centenary Meeting up School and a remarkable Exhibition of Hastings' relics up Ashburnham in 1932; a Governor of the School 1953; a Busby Trustee 1939-53; m. Aug. 9, 1899, Florence Annie, second daughter of the Rev. Edward Moore, D.D., Canon of Canterbury, sometime Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; d. May 22, 1954.

Klerck, Jan Klerck van Petersom, son of George William Klerck, Sec. to the High Commissioner of the Union of S. Africa, and Anna Tobia Klerck; b. 27 Feb. 1917; adm. Jan. 1932 (H); left July 1934; Univ. of Cape Town 1934, BA LLB; Union Forces in WW2; South African Dept. of Exter­nal Affairs, Vice-Consul Madagascar and Lourenco Marques; Sec. of Legation Stockholm 1949; Second Sec. Pretoria 1951-4 and 1958-61; Sec. of Legation Rio de Janeiro 1954-8; Sec. of Embassy Buenos Aires 1961; m. 2 Aug. 1951 Nora Madeleine, d. of Holdo Percival Stromwall of Hemmestavik, Stockholm.

Klein, John Anthony, son of René Henri Klein of Hampstead and Lydia, d. of George Lisle; b. 25 Oct. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (B); left July 1939; War Office in WW2; aco. director; m. 22 July 1941 Joyce Norma, d. of Norman Baxter Anderson of Pitlochry, Perthshire; d. 16 July 1998.

Klein, Dan Victor, son of Frederick Klein of Chelsea and Bianka, d. of Elias Breitmann of Istanbul, Turkey; b. 4 Nov. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (A); left July 1956; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1957, BA 1961; a singer, author and antique dealer; dir. Christie Manson & Woods Ltd. 1985-95; Dan Klein Associates 1995-98; internat. exec. dir. Phillips Auctioneers 1998-2001; author of The History of Glass 1984, and Decorative Arts 1880 to the Present Day 1985; d. 28 June 2009.