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Arms of Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, KG. William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, KG, PC (1544 – 25 May 1632) was an English nobleman at the court of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
26 de abr. de 2022 · His will (dated 19 May 1630) was probated on 2 June 1632. [2] William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Tregony between 1572 and 1583.
- Rotherfield Greys, England
- "1st Earl of Banbury"
- England
- March 03, 1544
His eldest son, known as Viscount Wallingford until 1813, became General Sir William Knollys and (amongst other offices) was Treasurer and Comptroller of the Household of the Prince of Wales...
18 August 1626, 1st Earl of Banbury, co. Oxford, England that he shall have precedency as if he had been created the first Earle after his Majestys access to the Crowne.
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- May 25, 1632
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b. c.1545, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Francis Knollys and bro. of Edward, Francis, Richard, Robert and Henry Knollys II. educ. Eton 1560; Magdalen Coll. Oxf.; M. Temple 1565. m. (1) aft. Mar. 1573. Dorothy (d.1605), da. of Edmund, 1st Baron Bray of Eaton Bray, Beds., wid. of (Sir) Edmund Brydges†, 2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley, s.p.; (2) 1605, Eliz...
Capt. in army in the north 1569; gent. pens. 1570-96; emissary in Scotland 1585; keeper of the Marshalsea by 1586; capt. in Netherlands and gov. Ostend 1586-7; comptroller of the Household and PC 30 Aug. 1596; delegate to the estates of Holland 1599; treasurer of the Household 1602-16; cofferer to Prince of Wales 1606; commr. of the Treasury 1614; ...
As his father’s son, Knollys was launched early upon a career in the Commons. His return for Stafford in 1571 he presumably owed to Walter Devereux, lord lieutenant of Staffordshire and soon to be Earl of Essex, who had married Lettice, Knollys’s sister. In 1572 he sat for Tregony, probably through the patronage of the 2nd Earl of Bedford, who supe...
Earl of Banbury was a title in the 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 the Peerage of England. However, the paternity of his sons was challenged, leading to hundreds of years of dispute. In May 1804, King George III intended ...
Sir William Knollys 1545 - 1632 . 1st Earl of Banbury 1st Viscount Wallingford 1st Baron Knollys of Greys Knight of the Garter Son of Sir Francis Knollys and Katherine Carey. Paternal grandson of Sir Robert Knollys and Lettice Penist …
