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    Parliament for a number of constituencies. Francis Knollys was born 1511, the elder son of Sir Robert Knollys (d. 1520/1521) and Lettice Peniston (d. 1557/1558)...
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    Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, GCB, GCVO, KCMG, ISO, PC (16 July 1837 – 15 August 1924) was a British courtier. He served as Private Secretary...
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    Catherine Carey, after her marriage Catherine Knollys and later known as both Lady Knollys and Dame Catherine Knollys, (c. 1524 – 15 January 1569), was chief...
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    after Elizabeth I's succession. Francis Knollys was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household; Lady Knollys became a senior Lady of the Bedchamber...
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  • see Knowles baronets Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys (1837–1924), Private Secretary to Edward VII of England Sir Francis Knowles, 5th Baronet (1886–1953)...
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  • Inn in 1565. In December 1575 Knollys was elected Member of Parliament for Oxford following the death of Edward Knollys, and held the seat unit 1589....
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    official Francis Knollys, 1st Baron Knollys, Private Secretary to the Sovereign from 1901 to 1913. He had been previously created Baron Knollys, of Caversham...
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    Knollys) (19 July 1555 – 30 August 1608) was a lady at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Anne Knollys was the third daughter of Sir Francis Knollys...
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    1566, Elizabeth Knollys was appointed a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber receiving an annual salary of £33 6s 8d. Elizabeth Knollys married Sir Thomas...
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    was the son of Sir Francis Knollys, of Greys Court in Oxfordshire, and of Reading, in Berkshire, and his wife, Catherine Carey. Knollys was a Member of Parliament...
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    distinguished member of the family was Sir Francis Knollys or Knowles (c. 1514–1596), English statesman, son of Sir Robert Knollys, or Knolles (died 1521), a courtier...
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  • privateer and Member of Parliament. He was born the eldest son of Sir Francis Knollys, Treasurer of the Royal Household, and Catherine Carey, Lady of the...
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    and was succeeded by his son Sir Robert Cecil. Other important ministers were Sir Francis Knollys and James Windebank. Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1894...
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  • Francis Knollys (c. 1697–1754) of Thame, Oxfordshire. and Lower Winchendon, Buckinghamshire was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons...
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    hearth in the hall through tunnels. Bolton Castle was described by Sir Francis Knollys as having 'The highest walls of any house he had seen'. In 1536 John...
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    to 1943. The eldest son of Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, Private Secretary to the Sovereign, and of Lady Knollys (formerly the Honourable Ardyn...
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  • Curse of the Golden Cross 1974 - Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill - Francis Knollys - TV Mini-Series, Episode: Jennie Jerome 1975 - Edward the Seventh...
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  • VIII. Sir Robert was the son of Robert Knollys and Elizabeth Troutbeck, paternal grandson of Sir Richard Knollys and Margaret D'Oyley, and maternal grandson...
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    1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey, and sister of William Knollys, later 1st Earl of Banbury. Catherine...
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  • La Warr (1556–1602) of Wherwell Abbey in Hampshire and his wife, Anne Knollys who made their fortunes in the Virginia colony. His elder brother, Thomas...
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    Lord Hereford, as he was at the time, married Lettice Knollys, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey. Lord and Lady Hereford, later Earl...
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  • Sir Francis Knollys (1592–1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1643. Knollys was the son of Sir Francis...
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    Mary Boleyn (category Mistresses of Francis I of France)
    (2010) "Katherine Knollys". Westminster Abbey – Founded 960. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Retrieved 2 June 2016. Katherine Knollys' tombstone in Westminster...
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    Peerage of England. It was created in 1626 for William Knollys. He had already been created Baron Knollys in 1603 and Viscount Wallingford in 1616, both in...
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    completed since that time, most recently on the extensive gardens. Francis Knollys escorted Mary, Queen of Scots to Lowther Hall (as the house was then...
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  • Henry Knollys (c 1689 – 1747), of Grove Place, Nursling, Hampshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1734. Knollys was...
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  • Richard Knollys (c. 1548–1596) was an English Member of Parliament. He was the 5th son of Sir Francis Knollys and the brother of Edward, Francis, Robert...
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    Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys, and her maternal grandparents were Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's trusted spymaster...
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  • Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Sir Francis Knollys Lettice Knollys Catherine Carey Frances Devereux William Walsingham Sir Francis Walsingham Joyce Denny Frances...
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    Puritan Sir Francis Knollys, Knight of the Garter. She was later lady-in-waiting to her cousin, Elizabeth I. One of her daughters, Lettice Knollys, became...
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