Chapter XII: Part 12

KLING, JOSEPH. _b._ Mayence 19 March 1811; educated in music
1826; organist to a church in Mayence many years; came to London
1850, music publisher at 27 Sherrard st. Golden sq. 1850–1;
opened a chess room as a rival to the Divan at 454 Oxford st.
1854, closed it 1856; a pioneer of the modern style of chess
problems; author of The chess euclid, a collection of two
hundred problems and end games 1849; and with B. Horwitz of
Chess studies or endings of games 1851 and The chess player
vols. 1–4, 1851–3; retired from chess playing. _d._ Dec. 1876.
_The Westminster papers 1 Jany. 1877 p._ 163.

KLITZ, PHILIP (eld. son of George Philip Klitz of Lymington,
Hants., musical composer 1777–1839). _b._ Lymington 7 Jany.
1805; resided at Southampton about 1828 to death; introduced
the Hullah system into Southampton and other places; lectured
on music at literary institutions; organist of All Saints’
church, Southampton 1845 to death; composed classical music
and ballads, the words of which were frequently his own, and a
series of naval songs called ‘Songs of the mid-watch,’ which
the admiralty ordered to be added to Dibdin’s in an edition
published for the navy 1850; one of first writers of songs for
Ethiopian serenaders 1847; published Sketches of life, character
and scenery in the New Forest 1850. _d._ 24 Portland place,
Southampton 13 Jany. 1854.

KLOSS, WILHELM (son of Karl Johann C. Kloss, composer, who _d._
Riga 1853). Ed. at Cologne under Heinrich Dorn; sent to England
by Mendelssohn, where he played on the piano before the Queen;
settled in England; pianist and composer in London. _d._ Feb.
1892.

KMETY, GYÖRGY. _b._ Pkoragy, Hungary, May 1813; commanded a
battalion in Hungarian army in war with Austria 1849, a general,
routed the Austrians at Csorna 13 June 1849; in Turkish service
1850, in command of a division during blockade of Kars, under
name of Madjar Ismail Pacha, when he defeated the Russians 29
Sep. 1855, made lieut. general and decorated, served in Syria
1856, retired with a pension; in England studying music 1851,
returned to England 1856; author of A refutation of some of the
misstatements in Görgei’s Life and actions in Hungary 1853; A
narrative of the defence of Kars 1856. _d._ Conduit st. Bond st.
London 25 April 1865. _G.M. Sep. 1865 pp._ 383–6.

KNAPP, FREDERICK HENRY. Ed. at King’s coll. London, associate
1862; C. of Christ Church, Ware, Herts. 1862–64; C. of
Patrixbourne, Kent 1864–6; C. of St. Helen’s, Isle of Wight
1866; author of A sad case 1862; Faithful wounds, a few thoughts
on christian friendship 1864; The preciousness of Christ,
meditations 1866. _d._ Sea View, Isle of Wight 15 Sep. 1866.

KNAPP, RUSSELL GEORGE ATKINSON. _b._ 1831; proprietor and editor
of the ‘Surrey Comet’ from 1859. _d._ Clarence st. Kingston,
Surrey 7 June 1867.

KNATCHBULL, HENRY EDWARD (6 son of sir Edward Knatchbull, bart.
_d._ 1819). _b._ 30 Aug. 1808; ed. at Winchester and Wadham
coll. Oxf., scholar 1826–33; B.A. 1830; first played at Lord’s
in Winchester _v._ Harrow 27 July 1825, a free hitter and a
good field, under the name of Edwards; played 6 times for the
Gentlemen against the Players; V. of North Elmham, Norfolk
1833–67; R. of Campsey Ash, Suffolk 1867 to death. _d._ Campsey
Ash 31 Aug. 1876.

KNATCHBULL, WILLIAM FRANCIS (2 son of Wyndham Knatchbull,
merchant 1750–1833). _b._ Russell place, London 30 July 1804;
sheriff of Somerset 1841; M.P. East Somerset 1852–65. _d._ 11
Cavendish sq. London 2 May 1871. _I.L.N. lviii_ 475 (1871).

KNATCHBULL, WYNDHAM (brother of Henry Edward Knatchbull
1808–76). _b._ 23 Aug. 1786; ed. Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1808, of All
Souls’ coll., M.A. 1812, B.D. 1820, D.D. 1823; R. of Westbere,
Kent 5 Sep. 1811 to death; R. of Bircholt, Kent 1821–1836;
Laudian professor of Arabic at Oxford 1823–40; R. of Aldington
with Smeath, Kent 31 July 1823 till decease; author of Kalila
and Dimna, or the fables of Bidpai translated 1819; Harethi
Moallakah. Arabic and Latin 1820. _d._ Smeath rectory 5 April
1868.

KNELL, WILLIAM ADOLPHUS. Painter of shipping and sea pieces;
exhibited 29 pictures at R.A., 44 at B.I. and 19 at Suffolk st.
1825–74; his picture The Landing of Prince Albert was purchased
for the royal collection and engraved by Miller for the Art
Journal 1857. _d._ 10 July 1875. _bur._ Abney park cemet.

KNIGHT, ADELA M’CULLOCH. _b._ South Australia; passed matric.
exam. of univ. of London at Adelaide, attended Adelaide univ.
and took sir Thomas Elder prize for physiology 1883; entered
London sch. of medicine for women and the Royal Free hospital,
London 1885; M.B. Lond. Nov. 1889, the first Australian
woman who took the degree there; resident medical officer at
New hospital for women 1890, removed the hospital from 222
Marylebone road to 144 Euston road 1890; took Helen Prideaux
prize June 1890 and went to Vienna to study. _d._ of typhlitis
at Vienna 8 May 1891.

KNIGHT, SIR ARNOLD JAMES (youngest son of Alexander Knight).
_b._ Six Hills Grange, Lincs. 1789; ed. at Edinb. univ., M.D.
1811; a physician at Sheffield; knighted at St. James’ palace
24 March 1841. _d._ The Priory, Little Malvern 12 Jany. 1871.
_I.L.N. lviii_ 115, 267 (1871); _Times 20 Jany. 1871 p._ 12.

KNIGHT, CHARLES (son of Charles Knight, bookseller, Windsor).
_b._ Windsor 15 March 1791; apprentice to his father 1805;
edited Windsor and Eton Express 1 Aug. 1812 to 1826; with
Edward Hawke Lockyer brought out the Plain Englishman 1 Feb.
1820 to Dec. 1822; editor and part proprietor of The Guardian,
London 13 June 1820 to Dec. 1822; publisher 7 Pall Mall East
1822 to 1827; started Knight’s Quarterly Magazine 1823, 7
numbers only; superintendent of publications of Society for
the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 26 July 1827 to 11 March
1846; re-established himself at 13 Pall Mall, March 1829; wrote
The Menagerie, the first vol. of The Library of Entertaining
Knowledge 1829; published Quarterly Journal of Education
1831–6; The Penny Magazine 31 March 1832 to 29 Dec. 1845, which
had a circulation of 200,000; publisher at 22 Ludgate Hill
1834–48, at 90 Fleet st. 1848 to death; publisher to the Poor
law commission 1835; brought out Pictorial History of England
8 vols. 1837–44; edited The Pictorial edition of the works of
Shakspere 1838–41; published Penny Cyclopedia 27 vols. 2 Jany.
1833 to 1844; History of England during the Thirty Years’ Peace
2 vols. 1850–1; started Town and Country newspaper 1855. _d._
Addlestone, Surrey 9 March 1873. _bur._ Old Windsor churchyard
14 March. _Charles Knight, a memoir. By Alice A. Clowes_
(1892), 2 _portraits_; _C. Knight’s Passages of a working life
during half a century 3 vols._ (1865); _Illustrated Review_,
_vol. v_, _pp._ 57–67, _portrait_; _Gibson Craig’s Half length
portraits_ (1876) 241–52; _The Critic_, _xxii_ 624–28, 632
(1861) _portrait_, _xxiii_ 32–37 (1861); _Curwen’s Booksellers_
(1873) 251–66, _portrait_; _H. J. Nichol’s Great Movements_
(1881) 175–84.

NOTE.--His only son Barry Charles Henry Knight, senior partner in firm of Knight & Co., publishers 90 Fleet st. London, _d._ Brighton 16 Aug. 1884 aged 56.

KNIGHT, CHRISTOPHER. _b._ 1794; entered R.N. 25 Dec. 1806; in
the Impregnable in the battle of Algiers 1816; in command of
Snapper gun brig went up Calabar river 60 miles in search of
slaves June 1821; commander 3 June 1822; saved the crew of the
Hound revenue cutter in Weymouth bay 1836; retired captain 28
July 1851; K.H. 1 Jany. 1837. _d._ royal naval hospital, Haslar
29 Jany. 1863.

KNIGHT, EDWARD HENRY. _b._ London 1 June 1824; patent agent
Cincinnati, Ohio 1846–53; an agriculturalist 1853–63; employed
preparing annual reports of U.S.A. patent office from 1863;
issued the Official Gazette of the United States patent office
1871, since continued weekly; LLD. of Iowa Wesleyan univ.
1876; U.S. commissioner to Paris exhibition 1878, a chevalier
of legion of honour; author of A library of poetry and song
1870; Knight’s American mechanical dictionary 3 vols. 1874–77;
The practical dictionary of mechanics 4 vols. 1877–84. _d._
Bellefontaine, Ohio 22 Jany. 1883.

NOTE.--His brain was found to weigh 64 ounces, being the second largest on record, that of Cuvier weighing 64½ ounces.

KNIGHT, GEORGE JOSEPH. _b._ 1798; principal of Albion
international college, Broadway, South Hackney 1828; kept
private school 120 Lauriston road, Hackney. _d._ at res. of rev.
Jonah Reeve, Thorley house, 32 Powerscourt road, Clapton park 25
Nov. 1883. _The Fairlop Friday services, established by G. J.
Knight on the first Friday in July 1860_ (1870).

KNIGHT, GEORGE THOMAS. _b._ Goodnestone, Kent 22 Nov. 1795; his
first match at Lord’s was England _v._ Hampshire 3 July 1820;
played for Hampshire and Kent; his place was generally middle
wicket; one of the 3 first to introduce round arm bowling, which
at first was not allowed; a very hard hitter; wrote in the
Sporting Magazine in 1827 on round arm bowling. _d._ 5 Moorfield
place, Hereford 25 Aug. 1867. _Lillywhite’s Cricket scores_, _i_
433, _v p. xiii_.

KNIGHT, JAMES (son of Samuel Knight 1759–1827, vicar of
Halifax). _b._ 1793; scholar of Lincoln coll. Oxf. 1812–15,
B.A. 1814, M.A. 1817; P.C. of St. Paul’s, Sheffield 1824–60;
author of Discourses on the principal parables of our Lord
1829; Discourses on the principal miracles of our Lord 1831; A
short series of discourses on the Lord’s Prayer 1832; A concise
treatise on the truth and importance of the Christian religion
1856. _d._ Barton-on-Humber 30 Aug. 1863.

KNIGHT, JOHN BAVERSTOCK (2 son of John Forster Knight, land
agent). _b._ Langton parsonage near Blandford, Dorset 3 May
1785; assistant to his father; water-colour painter; exhibited
4 pictures at R.A. 1818–19; published some etchings of old
buildings in Dorset 1816. _d._ West Lodge, Piddle Hinton, Dorset
14 May 1859.

KNIGHT, John Peake. _b._ Nottingham 13 Jany. 1828; clerk in
Midland railway co. Derby 1841, in audit office of Brighton
railway 1846; superintendent South Eastern railway 1854 to 1869;
general manager London, Brighton and South Coast railway 1869
to death; adopted interlocking of signals, the block system,
the Westinghouse break 1878, Pullman cars 1877 and electric
lighting; lieut.-col. Engineer and Railway volunteer staff-corps
19 March 1870 to death; member of legion of honour 1878;
A.I.C.E. 7 May 1872. _d._ Chigwell, Epping forest 23 July 1886.
_Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxxvii_ 456–8 (1886).

KNIGHT, JOHN PRESCOTT (son of Edward Knight, comedian
1774–1826). _b._ Stafford 1803; clerk to a West India merchant,
Mark lane, London, who failed; studied with Henry Sass and
George Clint; student at R.A. 1823; painter first of theatrical
portraits, then a fashionable portrait painter; exhibited 227
pictures at R.A., 22 at B.I. and 26 at Suffolk st. 1824–78;
A.R.A. 1836, professor of perspective 1839–60, R.A. 1844, sec.
1848 to May 1873; a knight of the legion of honour 1878; held
high office in the Catholic Apostolic church. _d._ 24 Maida Hill
West, London 26 March 1881. _Sandby’s History of royal academy_,
_ii_ 174 (1862); _Art Journal_ (1849) 209, _portrait_, (1881)
159; _I.L.N. xxx_ 418, 420 (1857), _portrait_, _and 9 April 1881
p._ 349, _portrait_.

KNIGHT, JOSEPH PHILIP (youngest son of Francis Knight, V. of
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire). _b._ Bradford-on-Avon 26 July
1812; published a set of six songs under name of Philip
Mortimer 1832; composed many songs alone and with Haynes Bayly;
went to U.S. of America 1839, where he composed his song Rocked
in the cradle of the deep 1846 which was sung by Braham; C.
of St. Agnes, Scilly 1846–50; composed about 160 songs, most
popular being She wore a wreath of roses 1840; Why chime the
bells so merrily 1844; Say, what shall my song be to-night 1844;
Melodies of leisure hours 1855, ten numbers; The abandoned 1882;
with Haynes Bayly, Of what is the old man thinking 1875. _d._
Great Yarmouth in straitened circumstances 1 June 1887.

KNIGHT, Lewis Edward. _b._ 13 March 1833; cornet 17 light
dragoons 17 Sep. 1850, lieut.-col. 19 July 1864 to 9 July 1865
when placed on h.p.; lieut.-col. Cape Mounted rifles 1866–70;
lieut.-col. brigade depot 1873–78; lieut.-col. 81 foot 6 Dec.
1879 to 7 Jany. 1880; M.G. 5 Oct. 1880; brigadier general
Belfast district 19 April 1884 to death. _d._ Milgate near
Maidstone 20 Jany. 1886.

KNIGHT, MARY ANN (dau. of Mr. Povey). _b._ Birmingham 26 July
1804; sang at Drury Lane 3 June 1817; appeared as Margaretta
in No song, no supper, at Drury Lane 1819, and was long a
popular ballad singer; the first lady to sing at Dramatic Fund
dinners; went with her brother John Povey to America; appeared
as Floretta in The Cabinet, at Park theatre, New York 30 Nov.
1826; an actress in comic opera, later on played chambermaids,
country girls and elderly spinsters; played at Park theatre, New
York 1841–8, made money which she lost in American securities;
reduced to blindness by grieving for loss of her only child
1845, when she returned to England. (_m._ Edward Knight,
musician, son of Edward Knight the actor). _d._ 33 Grove place,
Brompton, London 16 Oct. 1861. _Ireland’s Records_, _i_ 511–2
(1866).

KNIGHT, ROBERT. Editor of the Bombay Times about 1860, which
became a daily journal as The Times of India, sold his interest
in it; commenced the Indian Economist a monthly serial;
established The Indian Statesman 1859; removed to Calcutta and
amalgamated The Statesman as a daily with The Friend of India;
author of The Imam commission unmasked 1859; The Indian empire
and our financial relations thereto 1866; Speech on Indian
affairs 1866; India, a review of England’s financial relations
thereto 1868; Manchester and India 1877. _d._ Calcutta 2 Feb.
1890.

KNIGHT, SAMUEL JOHNES (son of Thomas Johnes). _b._ Ludlow 1756;
ed. Christ Church, Oxford, fellow of All Souls’, B.A. 1778, M.A.
1782; V. of Allhallows, Barking, Essex, May 1783 to death; R.
of Welwyn, Herts. 11 Aug. 1797 to death; took name of Knight by
r.l. 30 Sep. 1813. _d._ Welwyn 8 July 1852.

KNIGHT, SUSAN (dau. of an actor called Williamson or
O’Shaughnessy and sister of Richard John or Obi Smith actor and
of Mrs. Sarah Bartley actress). _b._ York 26 March 1784; heroine
of the York circuit when under Tate Wilkinson; acted at Bath
some years; first appeared at Drury Lane 17 June 1813 as Ella
Rosenberg; at Milton st. theatre under John Kemble Chapman’s
management; at the Olympic under Madame Vestris. _m._ as his
second wife in 1807 Edward Knight the actor known as little
Knight, he was _b._ Birmingham 1774, _d._ London 21 Feb. 1826;
she _d._ 13 Dec. 1859. _Theatrical Inquisitor_, _ix_ 381–84
(1816), _portrait_; _Era 18 Dec. 1859 p._ 11.

KNIGHT, WILLIAM (natural son of a landed proprietor in
Aberdeenshire). _b._ near Portgordon, Banffshire 1825; ed. at
parish school of Keith and at St. Andrews where he gained a
bursary; clerk in office of A. Torrie of Aberdeen, advocate;
a shoemaker in Aberdeen 1846–51; in Edinburgh 1853–56 and in
Aberdeen again. _d._ in the infirmary, Dundee Aug. 1866. _Auld
Yule and other poems. By Wm. Knight with recollections of the
author’s life_, _pp. xxi–xl_ (1869), _portrait_; _Norrie’s
Dundee Celebrities_ (1873) 271.

KNIGHT, WILLIAM (son of William Knight of Painswick, Gloucs.).
_b._ 1790; ed. Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816; R. of
St. Michael’s, Bristol 1816–75; hon. canon of Bristol 1864 to
death; author of Church missionary jubilee 1848. 1848; Lectures
on prophecies concerning Antichrist 1855; Psalms and hymns 1862;
The arch of Titus and the spoils of the Temple 1867. _d._ 5
Wetherill place, Grosvenor place, Clifton 5 Aug. 1878.

KNIGHT, WILLIAM HENRY (son of John Knight of Newbury, Berkshire,
schoolmaster). _b._ Newbury 26 Sep. 1823; in a solicitor’s
office at Newbury; painter in London from 1844, studied at
British museum and R. Academy; exhibited 29 pictures at R.A.,
17 at B.I. and 8 at Suffolk st. 1844–64; his best known work
is The broken window. _d._ Claremont cottage, Claremont place,
Wandsworth road, Surrey 31 July 1863. _Art Journal_ (1863) 133,
191; _Sydney Armytage’s Beautiful pictures_ (1875) 51–2.

KNIGHT, VALENTINE. _b._ 1792; gold and silver dial maker and
engine-turner 4 Newcastle place, Clerkenwell 1828–51, Knight’s
dials were long in demand particularly by Americans; took Thomas
Burr into partnership 1842; retired with a large fortune 1851;
chairman of meeting to establish British Horological Institute
15 June 1858, president to death; an early director of Mutual
life assurance co.; president of Watch and clock makers’ asylum;
satirised in an engraving published by Askew & Co. 5 Butcher
hall lane, entitled Sir Stultus Walentine, knight and champion
of St. James’ Herriddittaries. d. Thornycroft, Leatherhead,
Middlesex 17 Nov. 1867. _Pinks’s Clerkenwell_ (1881) 318, 753;
_Horological Journal 1 Dec. 1867 pp._ 37–38.

KNIGHT, W. H. _b._ 29 Nov. 1812; on the staff of The Sporting
Life; connected with several daily newspapers; edited John
Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanac some years to death; resided at 46
George st. Hampstead road, London a long time. _d._ Middlesex
hospital, Berner’s st. London 16 Aug. 1879.

KNIGHTLEY, SIR CHARLES, 2 Baronet (1 son of rev. Charles
Knightley 1753–87, R. of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire). b.
Preston Capes 30 Jany. 1781; ed. at Rugby and Ch. Ch. Oxf.,
D.C.L. 1834; succeeded his uncle 29 Jany. 1812; on his mare
Benvolio cleared 31 feet over a fence and a brook at Brixworth
hill, a spot since known as Knightley’s leap; a breeder of
hounds and short horns and a great farmer; contested Northhants.
1831; M.P. Southern division of Northhants. 1834–52; master
of the Pytchley hunt 1817–18; wrote in Post and Paddock pp.
322–5 Auld Lang Syne, and in Silk and Scarlet, pp. 70–82 Olden
Times. _d._ Fawsley court near Daventry 30 Aug. 1864. _Sporting
Review_, _xxxvi_ 1–7 (1856), _portrait_, _lii_ 320 (1864);
_H. O. Nethercote’s Pytchley Hunt_ (1888) 45–47, _portrait_;
_Northamptonshire election_ (1831).

KNILL, RICHARD (4 child of Richard Knill, carpenter, _d._ 1826).
_b._ Braunton near Barnstaple 14 April 1787; congregational
missionary in Madras 1816–19 and at St. Petersburg 1820–33;
travelled in United Kingdom advocating claims of the foreign
missions 1833–41; minister at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs. 1 Jany.
1842 to 1848, at Chester 1848 to death; author of The farmer
and his family 1814; some account of John Knill 1830; The happy
death-bed 1833; Memoirs of female labourers in the missionary
cause 1839; A Scotchman abroad 1841. _d._ 28 Queen st. Chester
2 Jany. 1857. _Birrell’s Life of R. Knill_ (1878), _portrait_;
_Waddington’s Congregational history_, _v_ 185–96 (1880).

KNOCKER, EDWARD (youngest son of Wm. Knocker of Dover,
solicitor). _b._ Dover 1804; solicitor at Dover 1826–74, member
of the common council 1827–35, town clerk 1860–8, alderman
several times, mayor 1871; registrar of the Cinque Ports many
years; hon. librarian to Dover corporation; F.S.A. 5 March 1874;
author of On the antiquities of Dover 1858; An account of the
grand court of Shepway, held on Bredenstone hill, Dover for the
installation of viscount Palmerston as constable of Dover and
warden of the Cinque ports Aug. 25, 1861. 1862; The footsteps
of the Lord: being a continuous narrative 1870. _d._ Torquay 25
Dec. 1884.

KNOLLIS, FRANCIS MINDEN (eld. son of rev. James Knollis of
Donnington, Berkshire). _b._ Donnington 14 Nov. 1816; ed. at
Lincoln coll. Oxf.; demy Magd. coll. 1836–9, fellow 1839 to
death, bursar 1846; B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840, B.D. 1850, D.D. 1851;
R. of Congerstone, Leics. 1840–2; R. of Brandeston, Norfolk
1847–8; domestic chaplain to Lord Ribblesdale 1849 to death;
P.C. of Horspath, Oxon. 1849–50; Inc. of Fitzhead near Taunton
1856–61; author of The sophistry of words, or the cause and
effects of inadequate appellations of sin considered. Oxford
1837, anon.; A wreath for the altar. Leicester 1838; A short
explanation of all the holydays of the church 2 ed. 1839; The
silver trumpet, or the child’s companion to the christian
year. Norwich 1849; A tutor’s counsels to his old pupils, or a
week’s hints for a quiet life 1863, and 14 other books. _d._
Bournemouth 26 Aug. 1863. _J. R. Bloxam’s Register of Magdalen
college_, _vii_ 340–2 (1881).

KNOLLYS, SIR WILLIAM THOMAS (eld. son of general Wm. Knollys
who claimed to be 8 earl of Banbury 1763–1834). _b._ 1 Aug.
1797; styled Viscount Wallingford 1797–1813; ed. at Harrow and
Sandhurst; ensign 3 foot guards 9 Dec. 1813, adjutant 1821–7;
lieut.-col. Scots fusilier guards 1850 to 25 March 1853 when
placed on h.p., col. 20 June 1883; taught prince Albert his
military duties 1850; governor of Guernsey 1 Aug. 1854 to 10
May 1855; commanded the camp at Aldershot 1855–60; col. of 62
foot 16 Nov. 1858 to 20 June 1883; general 17 June 1866; vice
pres. of council of military education 1861–2; treasurer and
comptroller of household of prince of Wales 1862–77, groom of
the stole to the prince 22 March 1877 to death; gentleman usher
of the black rod to House of Lords 22 March 1877 to death;
receiver general of duchy of Cornwall 14 Oct. 1878 to death;
LL.D. Oxf. 1863, D.C.L. Camb. 1864; K.C.B. 23 April 1867; P.C.
19 March 1872; author of A translation of the Odes of Horace,
privately printed; Some remarks on the claim to the earldom
of Banbury 1835; A journal of the Russian campaign of 1812 by
R. E. P. J. De Frezensac, a translation 1852. _d._ House of
Lords 23 June 1883. _bur._ Highgate cemet. 28 June. _Biograph_,
_ii_ 507–10 (1879); _I.L.N. xlii_ 399, 400 (1863), _portrait_,
_lxxxiii_ 5 (1883), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xxvii_ 652 (1883),
_portrait_.

NOTE.--In his will which was proved 30 Aug. 1883 he styles himself “by hereditary descent and by the law of the land Earl of Banbury, Viscount Wallingford and Baron Knollys of Greys co. Oxon.”

KNOTT, ROBERT ROWE. _b._ 1796; ed. St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A.
1819, M.A. 1824; lecturer at Rye and head master Rye gram. sch.
1822–35; C. and lecturer at St. Peter-upon-Cornhill, London
1835–38; V. of Helidan, Northants. 1838–49; chaplain of Donative
of Tarrant Crawford, Dorset 1849–65; chaplain of West London
union 1865–70; author of The new aid to memory. Parts 1 and 2
By A Cambridge M.A., Part 3 by the rev. R. R. Knight 1839–42, 2
ed. 1841–42; Part 1 Events of the history of England, and Part 2
Events of the history of Rome, were separately printed 1845 and
1846. _d._ Bayswater, London 11 Jany. 1879.

KNOWLES, CHARLES JAMES (2 son of James Knowles of Greenhead,
Yorkshire). _b._ Greenhead 1798; barrister M.T. 7 Nov. 1823,
bencher 1841 to death; Q.C. 6 July 1841; attorney general for
Duchy of Lancaster, Feb. 1846 to 1861. _d._ Hurst Green, Sussex
12 Feb. 1867.

KNOWLES, EDWARD. _b._ Gravesend; captain of the Northfleet 895
tons, emigrant ship which was run down about two miles off
Dungeness on her way from London to Hobart Town by the Spanish
steamer Murillo 22 Jany. 1873, when only 85 persons were saved
out of 412 passengers and crew; _m._ 4 Dec. 1872 Frederica
Louisa Markham, she was granted civil list pension of £50 1
March 1873; he went down in the Northfleet 22 Jany. 1873.
_Annual Register_ (1873) 9–15.

KNOWLES, EMMA MARIAN MAUDE (dau. of Mr. Elphinstone). _b._
London about 1808; pupil of James Sheridan Knowles the actor;
first appeared in America 26 Aug. 1834 at Arch st. theatre,
Philadelphia as Juliet; returned to England 1836; played in
William Tell, The Hunchback and several other of J. S. Knowles’s
plays at T.R. Dublin from 4 April 1836; played at Glasgow 1837
and 1838; played Meeta in J. S. Knowles’s drama The Maid of
Mariendorpt at Haymarket theatre, London 9 Oct. 1838; (_m._ 1842
J. S. Knowles the dramatist); left all her husband’s manuscripts
to Mary Knowles Rice. She _d._ 29 North bank, Regent’s park,
London 10 May 1888. _R. B. Knowles’s Life of J. S. Knowles_
(1872) 133; _F. Harvey’s Genealogical table of the families of
... Knowles_ (1875).

KNOWLES, SIR FRANCIS CHARLES, 3 Baronet (only son of admiral
sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2 baronet 1754–1831). _b._ 10 June
1802; ed. Trin. coll. Camb., 22 wrangler and B.A. 1825, M.A.
1828; F.R.S. 4 March 1830; F.S.A.; barrister L.I. 28 Jany.
1834; gained Telford prize 1872 for an intricate mathematical
problem; author of History of the Shaftesbury election 1830;
The supplement to the reform act of 1832, a proposal for the
extension of the representation 1864. _d._ 50 York st. Portman
sq. London 19 March 1892. _bur._ cemetery of St. Nicholas,
Guildford 25 March. _The Daily Graphic 24 March 1892 p._ 9,
_portrait_.

KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN (only son of James Knowles the
lexicographer 1759–1840). _b._ Anne st. Cork 12 May 1784;
removed with his parents to London 1793; wrote the Welsh Harper,
one of the popular ballads of the day 1798; ensign in 2nd
regiment of Tower Hamlets militia 25 Jany. 1805 to 25 July 1806;
M.D. Aberdeen 1806; vaccinator of Jennerian Soc. Salisbury sq.
London 1806; first appeared on the stage at Crow st. theatre,
Dublin 1808; acted in Cherry’s company at Waterford and Swansea
1809–11; taught elocution at Mrs. Chapman’s school, Belfast
1813–5; kept a school at Glasgow 1817–29; partner with Mr.
Northhouse in the Free Press newspaper, Glasgow 1821–4; first
appeared in London at Covent Garden 5 April 1832 as Master
Walter in The Hunchback, made his début in U.S. of A. 29 Sep.
1834 in the same part; lectured at various places on rhetoric,
&c.; granted civil list pension of £200, 14 July 1848; converted
and became a Baptist preacher June 1853, drew large audiences to
Exeter Hall; his best known plays were Cains Gracchus produced
at Belfast 13 Feb. 1815, Virginius at Glasgow 1819 and at
Covent Garden 17 May 1820, The Hunchback at Covent Garden 5
April 1832, The Wife at Covent Garden 24 April 1833 in which he
played Julian St. Pierre, The Love Chase at Haymarket 10 Oct.
1837, Woman’s Wit or love’s disguises at Covent Garden 23 May
1838; author of The Magdalen and other tales 1832; The life of
Edmund Kean, Esq. tragedian 1833; George Lovell, a novel 3 vols.
1846; Fortescue, a novel 3 vols. 1847; The Rock of Rome or the
arch-heresy 1849; The Idol demolished by its own priest 1851;
The Gospel attributed to Matthew is the record of the whole
original apostlehood 1855. _d._ Higher terrace, Torquay 30 Nov.
1862. _bur._ necropolis, Glasgow 5 Dec. _Life of J. S. Knowles.
By R. B. Knowles_ (1872), _portrait_; _Genealogical table of the
families of ... Knowles. By F. Harvey_ (1875); _W. Marston’s Our
Recent Actors_, _ii_ 122–38 (1888); _Traits of Character. By A
Contemporary_, _ii_ 131–58 (1860); _James Grant’s Portraits of
public characters_, _ii_ 251–61 (1841); _J. E. Ritchie’s London
Pulpit_, _2 ed._ (1858) 141–7; _W. Bates’s Maclise portrait
gallery_ (1883) 397–402, _portrait_; _R. H. Horne’s New spirit
of the age_, _ii_ 85–90 (1844); _G. Hodder’s Memories of my
time_ (1870) 170–5; _Cumberland’s British Theatre_, _vol. xlii_,
_portrait_; _Men of the time_ (1857) 428–31.

NOTE.--There was a tavern at 12 Brydges st. Covent Garden called after him the Sheridan Knowles tavern, it lasted from 1840 to 1860, here met the worshipful society of “The Owls,” some 200 strong with Augustine Wade as president and J. S. Knowles as patron and chancellor. There was a splendid edition of Knowles’ works privately printed 1872–4 at expense of James M’Henry, edited by Francis Harvey 6 vols. 4^o., 25 copies only, the last vol. is a life of him by his son R. B. Knowles.

KNOWLES, JOHN. _b._ Manchester 1810; stage coach proprietor;
succeeded his father in the coal and marble trade; proprietor
of a corn and flour mill at Nuneaton; lessee of the old theatre
royal, Manchester 29 Nov. 1842 to 1844; built the new theatre
royal, Peter st. Manchester, opened 29 Sep. 1845, lessee until
1875, his representations have never been surpassed in the
provinces; formed a fine collection of works of art. _d._ The
Lawn, Rugby 18 Feb. 1880.

KNOWLES, JOHN. _b._ Bow, London 1823; emigrated 1841 and was
in service of New Zealand Co. 1841–44; in business in New
Zealand 1853; under sec. public works department New Zealand
1871–83; edited Wellington Independent for 9 years, the Wanganui
Chronicle, and the New Zealand Spectator; own correspondent of
the London Times 1864–69; founder and first sec. of Wellington
mechanics’ institution 1842; author of The Canterbury settlement
of New Zealand a field for emigration 1851. _d._ Wellington 3
Dec. 1891.

KNOWLES, RICHARD BRINSLEY (son of J. S. Knowles the dramatist
1784–1862). _b._ Glasgow 17 Jany. 1820; clerk in general
register office 7 and 8 Somerset place, London 1838–41;
barrister M.T. 26 May 1843; edited Joe Miller the Younger 2
vols. 1845; Mephistopheles 16 numbers 1845–6; produced The
Maiden Aunt, a comedy at Haymarket theatre 19 Nov. 1845;
joined Church of Rome 1849; edited The Catholic Standard
1849; Illustrated London Magazine 5 vols. 1853–5; a writer on
the Standard 1857–60, afterwards on the Morning Post; edited
Chronicles of John of Oxenedes. Rolls Series 1859; engaged under
royal commission on historical manuscripts 1871 to death; author
of The life of James Sheridan Knowles 1872, 25 copies only
privately printed. _d._ 29 North Bank, Regent’s park, London 28
Jany. 1882. _W. Bates’s Maclise portrait gallery_ (1883) 402.

KNOWLES, THOMAS (son of John Knowles of Ince near Wigan). _b._
Ince 30 May 1824; a collier boy at a pit in Ince 1833 where his
father was an overman; partner with John Pearson in a colliery
at Ince; chairman of the Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron co.;
member of Wigan town council 1863–73, mayor of Wigan 1864 and
1865; M.P. for Wigan 3 Feb. 1874 to death; one of royal comrs.
to inquire into working of factory and workshops acts 25 March
1875, their report is dated 10 Feb. 1876; pres. of Mining
association of Great Britain 13 Feb. 1878. _d._ Darnhall hall,
Winsford, Cheshire 3 Dec. 1883.

KNOX, ALEXANDER ANDREW (2 son of George Knox of Jamaica, landed
proprietor). _b._ London 5 Feb. 1818; ed. at Tiverton and Trin.
coll. Camb., scholar, third in the classical tripos and second
chancellor’s medallist 1844; B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847; barrister
L.I. 23 Nov. 1847; wrote leading articles for The Times 1846–60;
magistrate at Worship st. police court London 17 Aug. 1860, at
Marlborough st. 1862–78; wrote articles in Edinburgh Review,
Blackwood’s Mag. and other periodicals; author of The new
playground, or wanderings in Algeria 1881, 2 ed. 1882. _d._ 125
Victoria st. Westminster 5 Oct. 1891. _Temple Bar_, _April 1892
pp._ 495–517.

KNOX, BROWNLOW WILLIAM (3 son of Thomas Knox, captain 1 foot
guards). _b._ 1806; ensign 3 foot guards 13 Aug. 1825; captain
Scots fusilier guards 15 Nov. 1839, sold out 2 Oct. 1846; major
Bucks. yeomanry cavalry 5 April 1853, lieut. col. 27 May 1862 to
Jany. 1869; M.P. for Marlow 3 Aug. 1847 to 11 Nov. 1868. _d._ 28
Wilton crescent, London 14 March 1873.

NOTE.--In 1850 he advanced money to Frederick Gye for the purpose of carrying on the Royal Italian opera, Covent Garden, this arrangement lasted until 5 March 1856 when the theatre was burnt down, Gye then hired the Lyceum and carried on Italian opera there 2 years, when he returned to the new Covent Garden theatre. Knox filed a bill against Gye in 1861, V.C. Wood decreed 4 Dec. 1863 there was no partnership between them and the bill was dismissed; in 1864 Knox filed a second bill against Gye, V.C. Wood decided against Gye 30 Jany. 1866, the lord chancellor then being appealed to reversed V.C. Wood’s decision 20 Feb. 1867, Knox appealed to the House of Lords 1871, his appeal was dismissed with costs 8 July 1872. _Law Reports_, _5 House of Lords_ 656–88 (1872).

KNOX, EDMUND SEXTON PERY (2 son of 1 earl of Ranfurly
1754–1840). _b._ 21 July 1787; entered navy Nov. 1799; captain
28 Feb. 1812; flag capt. in the Eurotas 38 guns in 1814 and then
on h.p. to death; R.A. 1 Oct. 1846; retired admiral 7 Nov. 1860.
_d._ Dover 24 March 1867.

KNOX, HENRY BARRY (2 son of George Knox, M.P. for univ. of
Dublin, _d._ 13 June 1827). _b._ 7 Oct. 1807; ed. Trin. coll.
Dublin, B.A. 1828, M.A. 1832; R. of Hadleigh, Suffolk and
co-dean of Bocking 1841 to death. _d._ Hadleigh 24 Aug. 1869.

KNOX, JAMES. _b._ 1807; accountant; a publisher in Edinburgh;
started and edited The Torch, a journal of literature, science
and the arts, 22 numbers Edinburgh 3 Jany. to 30 May 1846;
contributed to Tait’s Magazine; Scottish editor of Daily News 3
years. _d._ Bathfield, North Leith 5 June 1869.

KNOX, JOHN HENRY (brother of E. S. P. Knox 1787–1867). _b._ 26
July 1788; weigh-master of butter to 1830 when granted pension
of £1076 15s. on abolition of the office; M.P. Newry 1826–32;
author of Norman Hamilton, or the shadow of destiny 1860; The
Ocean Pilgrim’s jottings 1870; The critic-vampyre 1870. _d._
Chislehurst, Kent 27 Aug. 1872. _I.L.N. lxi_ 263 (1872).

KNOX, LAWRENCE EDWARD (1 son of Arthur Edward Knox of Trotton,
Sussex, _b._ 1808). _b._ Kemp Town, Brighton 7 Nov. 1836; ensign
63 foot 25 Aug. 1854, lieut. 11 Dec. 1854, placed on h.p. with
rank of captain 15 Jany. 1857, sold out 1858; founded The Irish
Times 1859 which became the leading paper in Ireland; major
2nd royal Tower Hamlets militia 24 March 1866 to 20 Aug. 1870;
M.P. for borough of Sligo 20 Nov. 1868, unseated on petition
19 Feb. 1869, Sligo disfranchised 1870; F.R.S. Dublin. _d._ 53
Fitzwilliam sq. Dublin 24 Jany. 1873. _I.L.N. lxii_ 115 (1873).

KNOX, RICHARD (son of John Knox of Dublin). _b._ 28 May 1812;
ed. at Eton; cornet 4 light dragoons 28 June 1831; lieut. 15
hussars 2 Sep. 1836, major 8 Dec. 1854 to 19 Feb. 1858; raised
the 18th hussars at Leeds 1858, lieut.-col. of the regiment 19
Feb. 1858, served with it in England 1858–64, in Madras 1864–73,
placed on h.p. 14 June 1873; M.G. 23 July 1876; granted good
service pension 11 March 1878; placed on retired list with
hon. rank of L.G. 1 July 1881; col. 20 hussars 21 Aug. 1883
to 11 June 1891; col. 18 hussars 11 June 1891 to death. _d._
Strathdurn, Cheltenham 3 Jany. 1892.

KNOX, ROBERT. Sub-edited Morning Herald many years, edited it
1846–58; registrar of mixed commission at Cape of Good Hope 1858
to death. _d._ Cape of Good Hope 6 March 1859.

KNOX, ROBERT (5 son of Robert Knox, mathematical master at
Heriot’s hospital, Edinburgh _d._ 1812). _b._ Edinburgh 4 Sep.
1791; lost sight of his left eye from small-pox; ed. at high
school Edinb., dux and gold medallist 1810; studied at univ.
of Edinb., M.D. 1814; assistant surgeon in the army 1815,
sent to Cape of Good Hope with 72nd foot April 1817, returned
to England on h.p. 25 Dec. 1820, remained on h.p. to 1832;
F.R.C.S. Edinb. 1825, conservator of museum of comparative
anatomy and pathology 1825–31; anatomical lecturer in Edinb.
1825–41, in 1828–9 his students numbered 504, they presented
him with a gold vase 11 April 1829; purchased bodies from the
resurrectionists Burke and Hare 1828; lectured on The Races of
Men and other subjects at Newcastle, Manchester and other towns
1846–52; pathological anatomist to Cancer hospital at Brompton,
London, Oct. 1856 to death; practised at Hackney 1856 to death;
author of The Edinburgh Dissector 1837, anon.; The races of
men 1850, with supplement 1862; A manual of artistic anatomy
1852; A manual of human anatomy 1853; Fish and fishing in the
lone glens of Scotland 1854; Man, his structure and physiology
popularly explained 1857. _d._ 9 Lambe terrace, Hackney, London
20 Dec. 1862. _bur._ Woking cemet. 29 Dec. _H. Lonsdale’s Life
of R. Knox_ (1870), 2 _portraits_; _Life of Sir R. Christison_,
_vol._ 1 (1885) _passim_; _J. F. Clarke’s Autobiographical
recollections of medical profession_ (1874) 420–33.

KNOX, ROBERT (3 son of Hugh Knox, a ruling elder of parish of
Urney, co. Tyrone). _b._ Clady, parish of Urney 1815; ed. at
Glasgow univ., M.A. 1837; ordained by presbytery of Strabane,
April 1840; minister of Linenhall st. ch. Belfast 1843 to
death; started and edited the Irish Presbyterian, monthly
periodical; D.D. Univ. of Schenectady, U.S. 1863; a founder of
Sabbath school society for Ireland; an early promoter of the
Presbyterian alliance; author of The crisis, plain truths and
stern facts for earnest men 1868. _d._ Belfast 16 Aug. 1883.

KNOX, THOMAS FRANCIS (eld. son of John Henry Knox 1788–1872,
M.P.) _b._ 24 Dec. 1822; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1845;
received into Church of Rome at Northampton 16 Nov. 1845;
admitted a member of the congregation of the Oratory 1848,
founded with F. W. Faber the London Oratory 1849, superior of it
1865 to death; created D.D. by Pius IX. 1875; author of Life of
the Blessed Henry Suso, by himself, translated from the German
1865; When does the Church speak infallibly? or the nature
and scope of the Church’s teaching office 1867, 2 ed. 1870,
translated into German and Italian; The last survivor of the
ancient English hierarchy, T. Goldwell, bishop of St. Asaph. By
T. F. K. 1876. _d._ the Oratory, Brompton road, South Kensington
20 March 1882. _J. E. Bowden’s Life of F. W. Faber_ (1869) 238,
363, 424.

KNOX, SIR THOMAS GEORGE (son of rev. James Spencer Knox
1789–1862, R. of Maghera, co. Derry). _b._ 11 Jany. 1824; ensign
65 foot 17 April 1840; lieut. 98 foot 7 Oct. 1842 to Dec. 1848
when he sold out; served with Siamese army 1851–57; consul
at Bankok 30 Nov. 1864; consul general in Siam 18 July 1868,
agent and consul general 8 Feb. 1875, retired on a pension of
£1026, 26 Nov. 1879; K.C.M.G. 12 April 1880. _d._ Eaux Chaudes,
Pyrenees 29 July 1887.

KNOX, VICESIMUS (1 son of rev. Vicesimus Knox 1752–1821, master
of Tunbridge school). _b._ 1779; barrister I.T. 3 Feb. 1804,
bencher 1848 to death; deputy recorder of Saffron Walden,
recorder 1837 to death. _d._ 25 Jany. 1855.

KNOX-GORE, SIR CHARLES JAMES, 2 Baronet (eld. son of the
succeeding). _b._ Ballina house, co. Mayo 20 Sep. 1831; ed. at
Eton and Trin. coll. Dublin; ensign 27 foot 16 May 1851; lieut.
66 foot 27 Jany. 1854, captain 8 June 1855, sold out 30 April
1851; lieut.-col. Sligo artillery militia 3 May 1861, hon. col.
14 June 1876 to death. _d._ 22 Dec. 1890.

KNOX-GORE, SIR FRANCIS ARTHUR, 1 Baronet (eld. son of James Knox
of Broadlands park, co. Mayo 1774–1818, who assumed additional
name of Gore 1813). _b._ 23 June 1803; ed. at Eton and Trin.
coll. Dublin; lord lieut. of Sligo 1831–71; sheriff of Sligo
1840; col. of Sligo militia 27 Jany. 1847 to death; created
baronet 5 Dec. 1868. _d._ Dublin 21 May 1873.

KNYVETT, CHARLES (eld. son of Charles Knyvett 1752–1822, glee
and catch singer). _b._ 1773; a chorister of Westminster abbey;
assisted his father in revival of the Vocal Concerts at Hanover
sq. rooms 1801; organist of St. George’s, Hanover sq. 1802;
gentleman of the chapel royal 1808; a teacher of the pianoforte
and of thorough bass; published Six Airs harmonised for three
and four voices 1815; A selection of psalm tunes as sung at the
church of St. George, Hanover square 1823; Epitaph at Brading
church yard set to music for three voices 1831. _d._ 2 Nov. 1852.

KNYVETT, DEBORAH (dau. of John Travis, fustian manufacturer).
_b._ Shaw near Royton 1790; a handloom weaver at Shaw; sang
in Shaw ch. choir; (_m._ as his second wife in 1826 the
succeeding); apprentice to Thomas Greatorex in London 5 years;
a soprano singer in oratorios and secular music, with a great
knowledge of Handel’s music; sang at Concerts of Ancient music
1813, and at chief London concerts 1815–43 as well as at
Birmingham 1847 etc. _d._ Hey cottage, Shaw 10 Feb. 1876. _E.
Butterworth’s Oldham_ (1856) 251; _Victoria Mag. xxvi_ 375–76
(1876).

KNYVETT, WILLIAM (3 son of Charles Knyvett 1752–1822). _b._
London 21 April 1779; ed. by his father, Samuel Webbe the glee
composer and Signor Cimador; sang in the treble chorus at
concerts of Ancient music 1788, principal alto 1795, conductor
of the concerts 1832–40; a gentleman of the chapel royal 1797
and composer there 1802; lay vicar Westminster abbey; for 40
years he sang in London concerts and at provincial festivals;
one of finest alto singers of his day; Callcott’s glee With
sighs sweet rose, was composed for him; conductor of Birmingham
festivals 1831–43; composer of My love is like the red, red rose
1803; The bells of St. Michael tower 1810; The Boatie rows 1810;
and As it fell upon a day 1812; wrote anthems for coronations of
George IV. and Victoria. _d._ Clarges house, Ryde, Isle of Wight
17 Nov. 1856.

KOE, JOHN HERBERT (2 son of John Heide Koe of City of London,
merchant). _b._ 1783; student L.I. 17 Nov. 1804, barrister 22
Nov. 1810, bencher 18 Jany. 1842 to death, treasurer 11 Jany.
1860 to death; Q.C. Jany. 1842; a leading counsel in the Rolls
court; judge of county courts, circuit No. 33, Hertfordshire
and part of Beds., Bucks., Essex and Middlesex 13 March 1847
to death; editor with Samuel Miller of The law and practice in
bankruptcy. By Basil Montagu and W. S. Ayrton 2 ed. 2 vols.
1844. _d._ 33 Gloucester place, Hyde park, London 3 Sep. 1860.
_Law Times_, _xxxv_ 304, 315, 322 (1860).

KOENIG, HERR. Played the cornet à piston at Jullien’s series
of concerts at English opera house Nov. 1843; played at Surrey
Zoological gardens 1849; was the finest cornet player of his
time, the predecessor of Isaac Levy. _d._ Belleville near Paris,
Dec. 1857. _I.L.N. 25 Nov. 1843 p._ 348, _portrait_.

KOLBE, ADOLF GUILLAUME HERMAN, generally known as Herman Kolbe.
_b._ near Göttingen 1818; professor in museum of economic
geology 5 and 6 Craig’s Court, Charing Cross, London 1845–51;
Davy medallist of Royal Society 1884 for researches in the
isomerism of alcohols; author of A short text book of inorganic
chemistry translated by T. S. Humpidge 1884, 2 ed. 1888, and of
other works printed at Braunschweig and Leipzig. _d._ Leipzig 26
Nov. 1884.

KÖNIG, CHARLES DIETRICH EBERHARD. _b._ Brunswick 1774; ed.
at Göttingen; came to England to arrange natural history
collections belonging to queen Charlotte 1800; assistant to
Jonas Dryander in charge of library and herbarium of sir
Joseph Banks; assistant keeper of natural history department
British museum 1807 and keeper 1813, in charge of mineralogical
department to death; F.R.S. 18 Jany. 1810, foreign secretary;
F.L.S.; K.H. 1831; edited with John Sims The Annals of Botany
1805–7; published first number of ‘Icones fossilium sectiles’
1830; translated Tracts relating to botany 1805; An introduction
to the study of cryptogamous plants by K. Sprengel 1807. _d._
of apoplexy, British Museum, London 29 Aug. 1851. _G.M. xxxvi_
435–36 (1851).

KORTRIGHT, SIR CHARLES EDWARD KEITH (1 son of Cornelius
Kortright of Hylands near Chelmsford). _b._ St. Croix, West
Indies 25 Feb. 1813; ed. Copenhagen univ.; British consul
at Carthagena, New Grenada 1844–57, acted as French consul
1851–6; consul for the state of Pennsylvania 1857–71 and for
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, etc. 1871–76; retired on a pension
of £600, 8 Aug. 1878; knighted by patent 21 Oct. 1886. _d._ 2
Grosvenor crescent, London 19 May 1888.

KOTTAUN, THOMAS. _b._ Bohemia 1827; member of Brighton town
band 1861; connected with 1 Sussex rifle volunteer band about
1863–80; conductor of band playing on Chain pier, Brighton for
many years. _d._ Park st. Brighton, Oct. 1885.

KOUR, JENDA, Maharanee of Lahore. A dancing girl; favourite
of the maharajah Ranjeet Singh (_b._ 2 Nov. 1780, founder of
the Sikh empire, _d._ Lahore 27 June 1839); murdered all the
near relatives of Ranjeet Singh 1839 etc., and placed her
own son Dhuleep Singh _b._ 1838 on the throne of the Punjaub
1848; declared war against the British 1845, Moodkee, Aliwal
and Ferozeshah ended the first Sikh war March 1846, she was
granted annuity of 1 lac and 50,000 rupees 16 Dec. 1846; taken
prisoner after second Sikh war 1849; a pensioner of the English
government. _d._ Abingdon house, Kensington at 6.15 a.m. 1 Aug.
1863. _bur._ privately without ceremony, Kensal Green cemetery.
_Daily Telegraph 5 Aug. 1863 p._ 4; _G.M. Sep. 1863 pp._ 378–9;
_Spectator 8 Aug. 1863 p._ 2335.

NOTE.--Two of her servants wrote to a London paper to complain that their mistress ought to have been burnt and her ashes thrown into the Ganges.

KOZMIAN, STANISLAS. _b._ in Grand duchy of Posen 21 April 1811;
ed. at Warsaw; a political refugee in England during many years;
author of Dziela dramatozne Szekspira Posen 1866, and other
works published at Posen. _d._ Posen 23 April 1885.

KRASINSKI, COUNT WALERJAN SKOROBOHATY. _b._ White Russia 1780;
chief of department of ministry of public instruction in kingdom
of Poland; established a Jewish college at Warsaw; introduced
stereotyping into Poland; member of Polish diplomatic mission
to England 1830–31; condemned to perpetual banishment; lived in
London 1830–50, in Edinburgh 1850 to death; published Historical
sketch of rise, progress and decline of the reformation in
Poland 2 vols. 1838–40; Poland, its history, constitution,
literature, manners, customs, etc. 1855 and 10 other works. _d._
Edinburgh 22 Dec. 1855. _G.M. xiv_ 625 (1840), _xlv_ 199 (1856).

KRAUSE, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ island of St. Croix, West Indies 6
July 1796; ed. at Fulham and Richmond; ensign 51 foot 21 Oct.
1813, lieut. 1815, placed on h.p. 25 Dec. 1818, sold out 1824
or 1825; at battle of Waterloo; moral agent on Irish estates of
Earl of Farnham to look after schools and moral and religious
welfare of tenantry; entered at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1830,
M.A. 1838; C. of Cavan 1838–40; incumbent of Bethesda chapel,
Dublin 1840 to death, where he became one of the best known
evangelicals; author of Sermons preached in Bethesda chapel,
Dublin 3 vols. 1853, Second series 2 vols. 1856–58; Sketches of
nineteen discourses on the wiles of Satan 1872. _d._ Dublin 27
Feb. 1852. _C. S. Stanford’s Memoir of W. H. Krause_ (1854),
_portrait_.

KUPER, SIR AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (son of rev. Wm. Kuper, D.D.,
chaplain to queen Adelaide, _d._ 13 Warwick road, Upper Clapton
27 Nov. 1861). _b._ 16 Aug. 1809; entered navy 19 April 1823;
assisted sir J. J. G. Bremer in forming settlement of Port
Essington, North Australia 1839; captain 8 June 1841; captain
of the Calliope during Chinese war 1841–3; R.A. of the Blue 29
July 1861; commander-in-chief China 8 Feb. 1862 to 17 Jany.
1865, co-operated with French and Dutch forces in Straits of
Simonoseki, Japan 1864 and opened up the inland seas to all
nations, for which he received legion of honour and military
order of William of the Netherlands 1865; admiral 20 Oct. 1872;
C.B. 21 Jany. 1842, K.C.B. 25 Feb. 1864, G.C.B. 2 June 1869.
_d._ The Rock, South Brent near Totnes, Devon 29 Oct. 1885.
_I.L.N. xliv_ 189, 190 (1862), _portrait_.

KURTZ, ANDREW GEORGE. Collector of works of art, his pictures
included samples of Bonheur, Leighton, Tadema, Millais, Leslie,
Faed and Linnell; his galleries often opened to the public at
Grove house, Wavertree, Liverpool. _d._ Aberystwith 20 Sep.
1890. _Athenæum 12 Sep. 1885 p._, _27 Sep. 1890 p._ 455.

KURZ, SULPICE. _b._ Munich about 1833; served in Dutch service
in Java several years; curator of the herbarium, Calcutta 1864
to death; explored Burma, Pegu and Andaman islands; wrote many
articles in Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal and Journal
of Botany; author of Forest flora of British Burma. Calcutta 2
vols. 1877; Report on the vegetation of the Andaman islands.
Calcutta 1867. _d._ Pulo-Penang 15 Jany. 1878. _Journal of
Botany_ (1878) 127.

KYD, ARTHUR ANDERSON (4 son of David Kyd, jute manufacturer).
_b._ Dundee 18 Nov. 1856; made trigonometrical survey of
Galashiels 1879–80; surveyor to Kenilworth local board 1881–83;
on staff of London Sanitary protection association 1884 to
death; reported on Eton college, Royal Engineering college
Cooper’s hill and other buildings; A.I.C.E. 5 Dec. 1882; sec.
Clapham Congregational young men’s union. _d._ Clapham 11 Feb.
1886. _Min. of proc. of instit. of C.E. lxxxiv_ 449–50 (1885–86).

KYLE, JAMES FRANCIS. _b._ Edinburgh 22 Sep. 1788; ed. at R.C.
seminary of Aquhorties, Aberdeenshire, professor there 1808 to
Jany. 1826 except 2 or 3 years; ordained priest 21 March 1812;
priest in Glasgow 2 or 3 years; bishop of Germanicia in partibus
and vicar apostolic of northern district of Scotland 13 Feb.
1827 to death, consecrated at Aberdeen 28 Sep. 1828; collected
30,000 letters and papers relating to ecclesiastical history of
Scotland, now in the library at Buckie on the coast of Moray
Firth; profoundly versed in history and literature of Scotland.
_d._ Preshome in-the-Enzie, Banff 23 Feb. 1869. _Reg. and Mag.
of Biog. i_ 290 (1869).

KYLE, SAMUEL MOORE. _b._ 1800 or 1801; archdeacon of St.
Peter’s, Cork 6 July 1833; vicar general and chancellor of Cork
and Ross 30 June 1837 to death; vicar general of Cloyne 1840;
author of The ministration of private baptism. Cork 1853. _d._
37 Upper Fitzwilliam st. Dublin 1 May 1890.

KYNASTON, HERBERT (4 son of Roger Kynaston of Warwick). _b._
Warwick 23 Nov. 1809; ed. Westminster 1821–7 and Ch. Ch. Oxf.,
tutor and Greek reader 1836, B.A. 1831, M.A. 1833, B.D. and
D.D. 1849; C. of Culham, Oxfordshire 1834–8; high master of St.
Paul’s sch. London 22 June 1838 to Dec. 1876; select preacher
of univ. of Oxf. 1842–43; R. of St. Nicholas-Cole-Abbey with
St. Nicholas Olave, London 1850–66; preb. of St. Paul’s cath.
July 1853 to death; contested chair of poetry at Oxford 1867;
few scholars equalled him as a composer of Latin verse, he for
long wrote annual compositions in praise of John Colet founder
of St. Paul’s sch.; author of Miscellaneous poems 1841; Lays
of the seven half centuries 1859; The number of the fish, a
poem 1864; edited with a translation The glory of paradise, by
Peter Damiani 1857. _d._ 31 Alfred place west, South Kensington,
London 26 Oct. 1878. _bur._ Friern Barnet 2 Nov. _Leisure Hour_,
_March 1879 pp._ 180–82.

KYNASTON, SIR JOHN ROGER, 3 Baronet. _b._ 2 July 1797; ed. Rugby
and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1820; capt. North Salop yeomanry cavalry
1831–50; succeeded 26 April 1839; sheriff of co. Montgomery
1842. _d._ Great Western hotel, Paddington, London 7 March 1866.

KYNASTON, ROGER. _b._ London 5 Nov. 1805; ed. Eton; first played
at Lord’s in Lord’s _v._ Eton 31 July 1823, played for 30
seasons; generally fielded long-stop; sec. Marylebone club 14
June 1842 to May 1858 and treasurer 1858–66. _d._ 43 Devonshire
st. Portland place, London 21 June 1874. _I.L.N. 24 Aug. 1844
p._ 125, _portrait_.

KYNNERSLEY, THOMAS CLEMENT SNEYD- (2 son of Thomas
Sneyd-Kynnersley of Loxley park, Staffs. 1774–1844). _b._ 23
July 1803; ed. at Rugby and St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1825,
M.A. 1828; barrister M.T. 20 June 1828; revising barrister on
Oxford circuit 1832–55; commissioner of bankrupts for Stafford,
Lichfield and Newcastle-under-Lyme to 12 Nov. 1842 when granted
pension of £147 on abolition of the office; stipendiary
magistrate Birmingham 5 April 1856 to Aug. 1888; chief founder
of St. Martin’s shoe-black brigade, Birmingham 5 April 1858;
much interested in criminal reform, prisoners’ aid societies and
industrial schools; recorder of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Nov. 1858
to June 1887; edited J. T. Pratt’s Law of highways 9 ed. 1863,
10 ed. 1865, 11 ed. 1870; author of The law relating to dealers
in old metals and marine store dealers 1862; The law relating to
juvenile offenders 1862. _d._ Moon Green, Moseley, Birmingham 2
May 1892. _The Biograph_, _March 1882 pp._ 276–79.

KYNOCH, GEORGE (youngest son of John Kynoch of Peterhead,
Aberdeenshire). _b._ Peterhead 22 Aug. 1834; clerk at Birmingham
and Midland bank some years; founded the Lion ammunition works,
Witton, Birmingham; partner with John Abraham 1873, partnership
dissolved, business became a limited co. 6 July 1884, he
received £60,000 in cash, £10,000 in fully paid preference
shares and the whole of the £40,000 ordinary shares, managing
director 1884–6, sold his interest in it 1887; pres. of Aston
conservative association March 1885; M.P. Aston manor 3 July
1886 to death, absent from House of Commons 1889–90; gun
manufacturer Lichfield road, Aston 1887–88; lived at Hamstead
hall, Handsworth, Birmingham; went to South Africa, Nov.
1888; a general merchant Johannesburgh 1888; obtained special
concessions from Transvaal government for arms and ammunition;
invented a solid Martini cartridge used by the government. _d._
from internal cancer at Johannesburgh 28 Feb. 1891. _Daily
Graphic 3 March 1891 p._ 9, _portrait_; _London Figaro 7 March
1891 p._ 9, _portrait_; _Birmingham Weekly Post 7 March 1891_.

KYTE, AMBROSE. _b._ Tipperary 1822; went to Australia 1840;
a merchant at Melbourne; retired with a large fortune 1857;
offered £1000 towards expenses of exploring expedition to cross
Australia from south to north Sep. 1858, this led to despatch of
Burke and Wills’ expedition Aug. 1860; member for East Melbourne
of legislative assembly 1861–6; a great philanthropist, gave
many cheques for £1000 each from ‘A Merchant of Melbourne.’ _d._
Melbourne 1868.

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LABELLE, A. (son of a shoemaker). _b._ St. Roch, Quebec 1834;
parish priest of St. Jerome; founder of national colonization
in Canada and known as The Apostle of colonization; took the
lead in raising men to oppose the Fenians 1868; promoted
Canadian Pacific railway 1881; appointed a deputy commissioner
of agriculture, his bishop refused his assent to his taking
this office, but the Pope did not order him to give it up. _d._
Quebec 4 Jany. 1891.

LABLACHE, FANNY (dau. of Mr. Wilton). _b._ Scotland; acted in
the provinces under stage name of Fanny Wyndham; studied at
Royal Academy of Music, London 1836–7; made her début at Lyceum
theatre 1836; sang at Her Majesty’s with success the contralto
part in Rossini’s opera Donna del Lago; _m._ Frederick Lablache
(1815–87) when she retired from the stage; taught singing;
struck with a wave while bathing. _d._ Paris 23 Sep. 1877.

LABLACHE, FANNY ROSE LOUISE (younger dau. of the succeeding).
Author of Starlight stories told to bright eyes 1877; A wayside
posy, gathered for girls 1878. _d._ 51 Albany st. Regent’s park,
London 5 April 1885.