LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Knight, R. (Robert), 1768-1855 LBT ID: RoKnigh1855 VIAF ID: 78635936 LOC ID: nr91031633 | B/BAP: 1768-03-03 DIED: 1855-01-05 |
| SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (March 1855) 313; Virtual International Authority File; historyofparliamentonline.org; LOC Name Authority File | |
Of Barrels; he was the illegitimate son of Robert Knight, first earl of Catherlough, and
an associate of Sir Francis Burdett and Douglas Kinnaird. He was a Whig MP for Wootton
Bassett (1806-07, 1811-12), Rye (1823-26), and Wallingford (1826-32). | |
