NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Knighton, William, Sir, 1776-1836 NRA: Knighton Sir William (1776-1836) 1st Baronet Physician Private Secretary to George IV DNB: Knighton, Sir William, first baronet (1776-1836), courtier and physician LBT ID: WiKnigh1836 VIAF ID: 25382261 LOC ID: no95014607 | B/BAP: 1776 DIED: 1836-10-11 |
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Royal physician and secretary to George IV; in 1822 he succeeded Sir Benjamin Bloomfield
as keeper of the privy purse. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF Sir William Knighton, first baronet: William Knighton to Thomas Burgess, 2 June 1823 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) |