William Knollys

(1763-1834)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Knollys, William, 1763-1834 NRA: Knollys William (1763-1834) Titular 8th Earl of Banbury General DNB: Knollys, William, styled eighth earl of Banbury (bap. 1763, d. 1834), army officer LBT ID: WiKnowl1834 VIAF ID: 53731448 LOC ID: no95006937	B/BAP: 1763-03-02 DIED: 1834-04-20
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lieutenant-governor of St John's, Newfoundland, from 1818 to 1827; after a controversial and protracted case, his petition to join the House of Lords as the eighth earl of Banbury was denied in 1813.
REFERENCES TO William Knollys: Lord Holland to Samuel Rogers, 30 May 1826 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 1 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter XI. 1825-1827.