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Knight, Thomas John, 1805-1870
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Dates of existence
1805-1870
History
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.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.