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    Sir William Knighton, 1st Baronet, GCH (1776 – 11 October 1836) was Private Secretary to the Sovereign under George IV (1822–1830). He was born in 1776...
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  • Knighton may mean: Knighton, Devon, a hamlet in the parish of Wembury Knighton, West Dorset, a hamlet in the parish of Beer Hackett Knighton, Poole, Dorset...
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  • Sir William Knighton (1776–1836) was Private Secretary to the Sovereign, George IV. William Knighton may also refer to: William C. Knighton (1864–1938)...
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    Knighton (Welsh: Tref-y-clawdd [trɛvəˈklauð] or Trefyclo) is a market town and community on the River Teme, straddling the border between Powys, Wales...
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    William Christmas Knighton (December 25, 1867 – March 14, 1938) was an American architect best known for his work in Oregon. Knighton designed the Governor...
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    Dorothea Lady Knighton (1780–1862) was an artist who wrote the Memoirs of Sir William Knighton, Bart, GCH, Keeper of the Privy Purse during the reign of...
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    George IV (category Knights Grand Cross of the Military Order of William)
    vary. According to Halford, following his arrival and that of Sir William Knighton, the King's "lips grew livid, and he dropped his head on the page's...
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    Lascelles (declined as he felt titles to be a show of self-importance) and Sir William Heseltine (who is an Australian). Private secretaries to the sovereign...
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    United Kingdom. It was created on 1 January 1813 for the physician William Knighton. He was later Private Secretary to the Sovereign to George IV. The...
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    Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard John Knighton, KCB, ADC, FREng (born 1969) is a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and professional engineer, currently...
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  • William Myles Knighton CB (8 September 1931 – 7 April 2023) was a British senior civil servant. Born on 8 September 1931, William Myles Knighton was educated...
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    1st Baron Bloomfield, GCB GCH PC 1817–1822 The Right Honourable Sir William Knighton, 1st Baronet, GCH 1821–1830 Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, 1st Baronet...
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    Knighton is a hamlet part of the parish of Adbaston in the county of Staffordshire, England. Knighton is situated 5 miles (8 km) north of Newport, Shropshire...
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    on 10 August 1822, as the rising star of the King's entourage, Sir William Knighton, was situated next to the King's cabin, whilst Bloomfield was rather...
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    2miles Clarendon Park St Margaret's Church Stoneygate Knighton Park KNIGHTON St Mary Magdelene    Knighton is a residential suburban area of Leicester, England...
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  • Gipp William Knighton Jr. Raymon Murray Rico Wade Free P Tiggi 2:35 16. "HB2U" McClain Russell Scott-Wood Tyran Donaldson II Berry Behr William Stewart...
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    and was successful in having him removed in 1822. His successor, William Knighton, was a close friend of the king who successfully cleared all his debts...
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    the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, serving George III, George IV, and William IV. Taylor was the son of Rev. Edward Taylor of Bifrons, Patrixbourne,...
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    among his friends were Henry Southey and William Knighton. In his vacations he studied German at Norwich with William Taylor, and became engaged to Emily Bolingbroke...
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  • Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond (18 September 1875 – 28 February 1970) was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire as Arthur Henry Hammond. Knighton-Hammond was...
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  • In November 1803 he entered the University of Edinburgh, where Sir William Knighton and Dr. Robert Gooch were his fellow students and friends. He had acquired...
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  • Sheridan 1816 Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet 1817 Lord William Gordon 1823 Sir William Knighton, Bt 1830? Sir Henry Wheatley, Bt 1849–62 Office abolished...
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    London: John Murray. p. 486. O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Stephens, William Knighton" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray. p. 1113. [1898...
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    Wilkinson & Knighton 2010, p. 17. Corrigan 2018, p. 56. Wilkinson & Knighton 2010, pp. 17–18. Corrigan 2018, p. 41. Wilkinson & Knighton 2010, p. 7. Wilkinson...
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    Keeper of the Privy Purse for King William IV and Queen Victoria from 1830 to 1846. He was the third son of William Wheatley, esq. of Lesney House, in...
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    nearer to Redruth. In the early 19th century, the manor belonged to Sir William Knighton, who was a physician to George IV. A descendant of Sir Francis Drake...
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    Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Baronet; another daughter married Sir William Knighton, private secretary and keeper of the privy purse to George IV. Of the...
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    Maurice George Bisset (1757–1821) of Knighton Gorges on the Isle of Wight, and of Lessendrum in Aberdeen, Scotland, 18th Scottish feudal baron of Lessendrum...
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    Bloomfield, lost his place in the royal household, to be replaced by Sir William Knighton. After this loss of patronage, Dighton became mentally ill; he moved...
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    Charles Robert Bell Keetley (1848–1909) Sir William Knighton (1776–1836) Robert Lee (1793–1877) Sir George William Lefevre (1798–1846) Sir Charles Locock (1799–1875)...
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