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, 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.
KNIGHT, ---; b.; in school lists 1731, 1732/3, 1733-5 (“pays nothing”).
KNELLER, GODFREY JOHN, son of John Kneller, Donhead Hall, Wilts., and Sophia, dau. of Rev. John Hayne, Totnes, Devon; b.; adm.; left 1803; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 1 Feb 1810, retd. 11 Sep 1811; of Donhead Hall, Wilts.; m. 9 May 1812 Frances Mary, third d. of S. Johnson, Gloucester Place, London; d. at Maastricht, Netherlands 15 Apr 1857, aged 65.
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.
KNATCHBULL, THOMAS, son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. MP, and Alice, dau. of John Wyndham, Norrington, Wilts.; b; adm. (aged 14) Nov 1717; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Nov 1720; BA 1724; MA 1727; d. unm.
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.