| 词条 | Thomas Knight (MP for Canterbury) |
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Thomas Knight (ca. 1701 – 26 February 1781) previously Thomas Brodnax (1701–1726) and Thomas May (1727–1738), of Godmersham Park, Kent, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1741. Early lifeCareerAs May, he was elected Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury at the 1734 British general election. He voted with the Opposition and did not stand at the 1741 British general election.[5]In 1738, he changed his name by Act of Parliament to Knight after inheriting the Chawton estates under the will of Elizabeth Knight, widow of Bulstrode Knight (who was her second husband, her first being William Woodrow Knight of Dean). [6] Later life and legacyKnight retired to his seat at Godmersham and 1742 he enclosed a park round it.[4] He died at Godmersham in 1781. Although he and his wife had five sons and five daughters,[5] only three daughters and a son survived.[6] His son Thomas inherited the estate and was later MP for Kent. Knight was described as "a gentleman, whose eminent worth is still remembered by many now living; whose high character for upright conduct and integrity, rendered his life as honorable as it was good, and caused his death to be lamented by every one as a public loss".[4] References1. ^{{cite web |url = https://archive.org/details/alumnioxonienses02univuoft/page/803 |title=Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886| author= Foster, Joseph |publisher= University of Oxford| accessdate = 23 February 2019}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|gb}}{{s-bef|before=Sir William Hardres, Bt2. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=okhFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21 William Berry County genealogies: Pedigrees of the families in the county of Sussex] 3. ^[https://deedpolloffice.com/research/private-acts-parliament/1726-13-Geo-1-4 Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1726 (13 Geo. 1). c. 4] 4. ^1 2 Parishes: Godmersham, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (1798), pp. 319-332. Date accessed: 24 November 2010 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web| url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/may-thomas-1701-81 | title=MAY, Thomas, (formerly BRODNAX, afterwards KNIGHT) (?1701-81), of Godmersham Park, nr. Canterbury, Kent. | publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 24 February 2019 }} 6. ^1 {{cite book| url = https://archive.org/details/chawtonmanoritso00austuoft/page/n197| title = Chawton Manor and its owners; a family history|page = 145|accessdate = 16 April 2012}} Sir Thomas Hales, Bt}}{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Canterbury |with=Sir William Hardres, Bt 1734–1735 |with2=Sir Thomas Hales, Bt 1735–1741 |years=1734–1741}}{{s-aft|after=Thomas Watson Thomas Best}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Knight, Thomas}}{{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub}} 6 : 1700s births|1781 deaths|British MPs 1734–41|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|Year of birth uncertain|High Sheriffs of Kent |
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