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KNIGHT, THOMAS JOHN, second son of William Young Knight, St. James’s Square, Westminster, solicitor; b. 1 Nov 1805; adm. 14 Sep 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1820; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1824, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1824, scholar 1825; BA 1828; MA 1831; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jun 1826, called to bar 25 Nov 1831; special pleader; Hampshire circuit and Surrey Sessions; emigrated to Hobart, Tasmania 1845, where he continued to practice as a barrister; Solicitor-Gen., Tasmania 25 Apr 1857 – 1 Nov 1860, Attorney-Gen. 2 Nov 1860 – 4 Feb 1861; returned to England 1865; m.; d. 25 Apr 1870.

Knight, Robert Duncan, brother of David Francis Knight (q.v.); b. Dec. 26, 1903; adm. April 26, 1918 (H); left July 1920; drowned at Funchal, Madeira, June 24, 1922.

KNIGHT, SIR RICHARD, son of Richard Knight, Chawton, Hampshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Fielder, Burrow Court, Berks.; b.; adm.; a boarder (Busby’s Account Book); left 19 Nov 1656; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Mar 1656/7; adm. Gray’s Inn 12 Jun 1658; knighted 10 Jan 1667/8; MP Lymington Feb 1677/8-9; m. Priscilla, dau. of Sir Robert Reynolds, Kt, Elvetham, Hampshire; d. 1679.

KNIGHT, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1729; in under school list 1731.

KNIGHT, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1724; left 1725.

KNIGHT, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1749 (Mellisham's); in school list 1754.

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.

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, FRANCIS, son of Francis Knight, St. James’s, Westminster; b.; adm. 1 Jul 1778; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1798, aged 31; BA 1802; MA 1819; BD and DD 1819; ordained priest (Peterborough) 18 Mar 1809; Curate, Passenham, Northants 1808-9; d. 30 Oct 1837.

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.