| 词条 | Wyndham William Knight |
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Wyndham William Knight (5 December 1828 – 17 September 1918), known in some sources as Wiliam Wyndham Knight,{{efn-ua|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.}} was an English amateur cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1862. 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 side in the 1850s before making his only first-class appearance for the county side 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] Knight lived at Bilting House near Godmersham in Kent for most of his adult life, although he is known to have owned property in Hampshire.[8] 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][9][10][11][12] He later served with the Royal East Kent Yeomanry between 1856 and 1862, rising to the rank of captain.[4][11][13] He was a magistrate and a justice of the peace, married Henrietta Armstrong and had two children.[4][8][11][13] Knight died at Bilting in Kent in 1918 aged 89.[2][3] His brother Philip, father Edward,{{efn-ua|Edward Knight was born Edward Austen in 1792 and was a nephew of Jane Austen.[14]}} and uncles George, Brook and Henry all played first-class cricket.[5] Notes{{notelist-ua}}References1. ^Moore D (1988) The History of Kent County Cricket Club, p.258. London: Christopher Helm. {{ISBN|0-7470-2209-7}} 2. ^1 Deaths, The Times, 1918-09-21, p.1. 3. ^1 Wiliam Knight, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-10-10. 4. ^1 2 3 Wainewright JB (ed) (1907) Winchester College 1836–1906: a register, p.76. Winchester: P & G Wells. ([https://archive.org/details/b28980323/page/76 Available online]. Retrieved 2018-10-10.) 5. ^1 [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37154/37154.html Wiliam Knight], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-10. {{subscription}} 6. ^The Band of Brothers Jubilee, The Times, 1908-12-09, p.5. 7. ^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}}. 8. ^1 Hickman A (2009) A History of Hinton House. Retrieved 2018-10-10. 9. ^Murray J (ed) (1847) Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List, p.253. ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I_sFoxknKREC&lpg=RA1-PA253&ots=0r8cusIhNV&dq=captain%20wyndham%20william%20knight&pg=RA1-PA253#v=onepage&q&f=false Available online]. Retrieved 2018-10-10.) 10. ^Cope WH (1877) The History of the Rifle Brigade, p.260. London: Chatto & Windus. ([https://archive.org/details/historyofriflebr00cope/page/260 Available online]. Retrieved 2018-10-10.) 11. ^1 2 Corder J [https://www.janeaustensfamily.co.uk/akin-to-jane/text/edward/017.html Wyndham William Knight], Akin to Jane. Retrieved 2018-10-10. 12. ^The London Gazette, 1846, p.3256. 13. ^1 'Godmersham' in Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1903. (Part 1: County & Localities), pp.307–308. London: Kelly's Directories. 14. ^Lane M (1984) Jane Austen's Family, p.248. London: Robert Hale. ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R_36AwAAQBAJ&dq=wyndham+william+knight&q=wyndham+willian+knight#v=onepage&q&f=false Available online]. Retrieved 2018-10-10.) External links
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