Robert Knight

(1768-1855)

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).
REFERENCES TO Robert Knight: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XXV. 1794-1800 Found 1: ¶ 14 Ch XXIV. Found 1: ¶ 9