NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Knight Samuel Johnes (1756-1852) Rector of Welwyn LBT ID: SaKnigh1852 | B/BAP: 1756 DIED: 1852-07-08 |
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (March 1852) 318; Alumni Oxonienses; thepeerage.com | |
Of Henley Hall, Shropshire, England, the son of Thomas Johnes. He was fellow of All-Souls
College, Oxford and the Rector at Welwyn, Hertfordshire (1797-1852). A friend of Lord
Brougham, he took the name Knight in 1813 having inherited property from Richard Payne
Knight. | |