Wyndham William Knight
Wyndham William Knight | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 December 1828 |
| Died | 17 September 1918 (aged 89) Bilting, Kent, England |
| Spouse | Henrietta Armstrong |
| Relatives | Wyndham Charles Knight (grandson) |
Wyndham William Knight (5 December 1828 – 17 September 1918), known in some sources as Wiliam Wyndham Knight,[a] was an English amateur cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1862.
Life
Knight was born at Chawton in Hampshire in 1828[3] and educated at Winchester College.[4] He is known to have played cricket twice for the amateur Gentlemen of Kent team in the 1850s before making his only first-class appearance for the county team in 1862 against Sussex.[5] He was one of the founders of the Band of Brothers, an amateur cricket club closely associated with Kent.[6][7][8]
Knight spent most of his adult life at Bilting House near Godmersham in Kent, though he also owned property in Hampshire.[9]
In 1846 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, serving in the regiment until 1854, commanding a company at the Battle of Boomplaats in South Africa in 1848 and rising to the rank of lieutenant.[4][10][11][12][13] He later served with the Royal East Kent Yeomanry between 1856 and 1862, rising to the rank of captain.[4][12][14]
He was a magistrate and a justice of the peace.
He married Henrietta Armstrong and had two children.[4][9][12][14]
Knight died at Bilting in Kent in 1918 aged 89.[2][3] His brother Philip, father Edward,[b] and uncles George, Brook and Henry all played first-class cricket.[5]
He was the father of Captain William Brodnax Knight, of the Queen's Bays, and the grandfather of Major-General Sir Wyndham Charles Knight, of the Indian Army.[16]
Notes
- ↑ Knight is named Wiliam Wyndham in two cricket sources - CricInfo and CricketArchive both give him this name. In all other sources, including those associated with Kent County Cricket Club,[1] Winchester College, the British Army, Kelly's Directory, his death notice in The Times[2] and in genealogical sources, he is named Wyndham William.
- ↑ Edward Knight was born Edward Austen in 1792 and was a nephew of Jane Austen.[15]
References
- ↑ Moore, Dudley (1988). The History of Kent County Cricket Club, p.258. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7470-2209-7
- 1 2 Deaths, The Times, 21 September 1918, p.1.
- 1 2 Wiliam Knight, CricInfo. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Wainewright JB (ed) (1907) Winchester College 1836–1906: a register, p.76. Winchester: P & G Wells. (Available online. Retrieved 10 October 2018.)
- 1 2 Wiliam Knight, CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2018. (subscription required)
- ↑ The Band of Brothers Jubilee, The Times, 9 December 1908, p.5.
- ↑ Moseling M, Quarrington T (2013) A Half-Forgotten Triumph: The story of Kent's County Championship title of 1913, pp. 186–189. Cheltenham: SportsBooks. ISBN 978-1-907524-40-0.
- ↑ Carlaw, p. 317. (Retrieved 21 December 2020.)
- 1 2 Hickman A (2009) A History of Hinton House. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ Murray J (ed) (1847) Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List, p.253. (Available online. Retrieved 10 October 2018.)
- ↑ Cope WH (1877) The History of the Rifle Brigade, p.260. London: Chatto & Windus. (Available online. Retrieved 10 October 2018.)
- 1 2 3 Corder J Wyndham William Knight, Akin to Jane. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ The London Gazette, 1846, p.3256.
- 1 2 'Godmersham' in Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1903. (Part 1: County & Localities), pp.307–308. London: Kelly's Directories.
- ↑ Lane M (1984) Jane Austen's Family, p.248. London: Robert Hale. (Available online. Retrieved 10 October 2018.)
- ↑ Knight, Maj.-Gen. Sir Wyndham (Charles), (30 Nov 1863–10 June 1942) in Who Was Who 1941–1950, (A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint). ISBN 0-7136-2131-1
Bibliography
- Carlaw, Derek (2020). Kent County Cricketers, A to Z: Part One (1806–1914) (PDF). Cardiff: ACS.