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Francis Knollys è stato un nobile inglese al servizio di Enrico VIII, Edoardo VI ed Elisabetta I, e membro del Parlamento britannico per diverse legislature.
Sir Francis Knollys, KG of Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire (c. 1511/c. 1514 – 19 July 1596) was an English courtier in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth I, and was a Member of Parliament for a number of constituencies.
Sir Francis Knollys (born c. 1514—died July 19, 1596) was an English statesman, loyal supporter of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and guardian of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her early imprisonment in England.
Francis Knollys, I visconte Knollys ( 16 luglio 1837 – 15 agosto 1924 ), è stato un ufficiale inglese . Indice. 1 Biografia. 1.1 Carriera. 1.2 Matrimonio. 1.3 Morte. 2 Onorificenze. 2.1 Onorificenze britanniche. 3 Note. 4 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia. Era il figlio di Sir William Thomas Knollys, e di sua moglie, Elizabeth St. Aubyn.
Francis Knollys, who entered the service of Henry VIII before 1540, became a member of parliament in 1542 and was knighted in 1547 while serving with the English army in Scotland. He became custodian of Wallingford Castle in 1551.
Knollys first entered Parliament on his father’s interest as high steward of Oxford, at a by-election caused by the death of his elder brother Edward in Ireland; he continued to represent the borough until his father’s resignation from the stewardship in 1592.
In January 1643 a contemporary described him as ‘old’ Sir Francis Knollys, ‘the ancientest Parliament man in England’. He made his will when in his mid-nineties in December 1646 and it was proved in May 1648.
