KNYVETT, FELIX, fourth son of Henry Knyvett, Chief Paymaster, Isle of Wight Depot, and Sophia, dau. of John Hussey, Clapton, Middlesex; grandson of Charles Knyvett (qv); b. 26 Oct 1808; adm. 4 Feb 1822 (G); adm. solicitor Hilary 1832; a notary public; private secretary to Most Rev. John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury; Apparitor-Gen., Province of Canterbury 1848-85; m. 12 Dec 1838 Marianne, dau. of John Hayes, 13th Light Dragoons [check]; d. 29 Sep 1890.
KNYVETT, THOMAS, eldest son of Henry Knyvett, London, and Frances Browne, widow of Henry Elsyng, St. Dunstan in the West, London, citizen and merchant taylor; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain election to either University 1602; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Dec 1602, aged 17, Canoneer Student 1602-8; BA 1605; MA 1608 (incorp. Cambridge 1627); adm. Middle Temple 15 Jun 1608, called to bar 3 Feb 1615/6; Clerk of the Parliaments from c. 1635 (granted joint reversion of post c. 1611); m. Mary, widow of Richard Lusher, Putney, Surrey, and dau. of George Scott, Stapleford Tawney, Essex; d. Dec 1637.
Koelsch, John Kelvin, brother of Philip Carleton Koelsch (qv); b. 22 Dec. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left July 1938; Princeton Univ., NJ, USA, AB 1948; Stanford Law School, CA, USA; Lieut. USNVR, shot down over Korea; USA Medal of Honor for heroic conduct as p. o. w.; d. under torture Sept. 1951.
Koelsch, Philip Carleton, son of Henry Augustus Koelsch, banker, and Beulah Anne, d. of William McMillan Hubbard of Duluth, Minn., USA; b. 29 Mar. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left July 1938; USN in WW2 (Lieut.-Cdr), Bronze Star (Pacific); adm. to Texas State Bar 1953; in practice at Houston, Texas; d. 4 June 1993.
Koenig-Pennington, John Paul, son of Capt. Koenig, of the German Navy, by Muriel Pennington; b. Sept. 18, 1902; assumed the additional surname of Pennington; adm. May 4, 1916 (H); left July 1920; a clerk in Brown Shipley and Co., Founders Court, London, merchants; d. Feb. 17, 1922.
Kohnstam, Norman Mortimer Joseph, eldest son of Rudolph Kohnstam, of Hampstead, by Emily, daughter of Jacob Piza, of Maida Hill; b. Feb. 26, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (G); K.S. (non-resident) 1911; left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. the Manchester Regt. May 10, 1915; Lieut. Feb. 1, 1916, and became Capt.; joined the Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli Oct. 1915 and remained at Suvla Bay until the evacuation in Dec.; served in the Sinai Peninsula Jan.-June 1916; went out to the western front in July 1916; killed in action March 22, 1918.
Kohnstam, Oscar Jacob Charles, brother of Norman Mortimer Joseph Kohnstam (q.v.); b. Feb. 28, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (G); left Dec. 1913; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. in Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) the Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regt. March 31, 1915; attached Machine Gun Corps Dec. 14, 1915; went out to the western front Feb. 5, 1916; killed in the trenches at Carnoy on the Somme, France, June 29, 1916.
Konstam, Geoffrey Lawrence Samuel, brother of Norman Mortimer Joseph Kohnstam (q.v.); b. Nov. 23, 1899; adm. May 2, 1913 (G); left July 1918; King's Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1923; M.B., B. S. (Lond.) 1926; M. D. 1928; M.R.C.P. 1927; F.R.C.P. 1939; a cardiological consultant; physician to the West London Hospital; Lieut. R.A.M.C. June 10, 1940; Lieut.-Col.; changed the spelling of his name from Kohnstam to Konstam; m. July 28, 1928, Helena Lorna Dunn, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., daughter of F. W. Dunn, of Eltham; d. Feb. 27, 1962.
Korda, Peter Alexander, son of Sir Alexander Korda, film director, and his first wife Maria Farkas; b. 1 Aug. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left July 1938; m. Pamela Taylor; d. Jan. 1988.
KYNASTON, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, brother of Charles Thomas Kynaston (qv); b. 12 Nov 1815; adm. 24 Jan 1827 (Stikeman's); KS 1828; entered Royal Navy 30 Sep 1830; Sub-Lieut., 27 Apr 1837; Lieut., 10 Nov 1842; Cdr., 15 Dec 1852; commanded HMS Spiteful in first attack on Sevastopol 17 Oct 1854, wounded; Capt., 18 Jan 1855; CB 5 Jul 1855; m. 25 Jun 1855 Catherine Mary, third dau. of Gen. --- Bacon; d. from effects of his old wound 21 Mar 1860.