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-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-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.

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.

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.

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, EDWARD FREDERICK, son of Edward Knight, Papcastle, Cumberland, Army officer, and Catherine Pemberton; b. 23 Apr 1852; adm. 26 Sep 1867 (James'); left Dec 1869; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Oct 1873; BA 1877; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Jan 1876, called to bar 7 May 1879; a journalist with The Morning Post; travelled in South America, South Africa, Central Asia; Times correspondent in Hunza-Nagar campaign 1891, Matabeleland 1893-5, Madagascar 1895, Sudan 1896 and 1897-8, Greece 1897, Cuba 1898 and Spain 1899; Morning Post correspondent in South African War 1899-1900; severely wounded at Belmont and had right arm amputated; with the Ophit tour round the world 1901; with Kuroki’s army in Russian-Japanese war 1904, in Turkey 1908, and with Harwich Naval Forces in 1914-18 war; a keen sailor; author, Where Three Empires Meet, 1893, The Cruise of the Falcon, and other works; his Reminiscences, 1923, give some account of his school days at Westminster; m. Miriam [Mariane ?], widow of Cosmo Rose-Innes, barrister, and dau. of William Bowen Rowlands KC, County Court Judge; d. 3 Jul 1925.

Knight, Esmond Pennington, brother of David Francis Knight (qv); b. 4 May 1906; adm. Jan. 1921 (H); left July 1925; an actor; Old Vic. Company 1925-7, Birmingham Rep. 1927-8; fre­quent appearances on West End stage 1928-40; RNVR 1940-1, discharged after being blinded in HMS Hood during action with Bismarck in 1941; regained partial sight 1943; returned to stage March 1945; appeared in Olivier's films Henry V, Richard lll and Hamlet, later in Sink the Bismarck and The Spy who came in from the Cold; many further stage appearances in London, Stratford and Edinburgh 1945-67; acted in BBC TV series Nicholas Nickleby and Our Mutual Friend; also a painter, one-man exhibition New Town Gallery Uckfield, Sussex; author of Seeking the Bubble (autobiog.) 1943; m. 1st 19 Jan. 1929 Frances, d. of Maj. James Sabben Clare; 2nd 1946 Nora Swinburne, actress, d. of Henry Swinburne Johnson; d. 23 Feb. 1987.

KNIGHT, GEORGE ROCKLIFFE, youngest son of Finlay Knight, Stafford Terrace, Kensington, barrister; b. 7 Jan 1858; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); left before Whitsun 1870; at Uppingham Sch. Oct-Dec 1872; d. at Ravenswood, Illinois, USA 14 Jan 1887. [mother probably Eleanor Georgina Billinghurst (IGI) – dau. of William Billinghurst ?]

Knight, Gilbert Barrett, brother of David Francis Knight (qv); b. 22 Sept. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left July 1927; a film and TV cameraman; joined Gaumont British Film Studios 1935; RAFVR 1941-5 (Flt Lieut.), personal pilot to AOC W. Africa; cameraman for Ass. Rediffusion Ltd, later Thames TV; m. 5 Oct. 1935 Dorothv York, d. of Capt. William Hall, Marine Supt, of Calcutta; d. Dec. 1994.