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Knightley (other)
Knightley may refer to: People *Sir Charles Knightley, 2nd Baronet (1781–1864), English politician, father of Rainald * Charles Knightley (born 1972), English cricketer * John Knightley (other), multiple people ** John Knightley (MP), English politician * Louisa Knightley (1842–1913), British Anglican and women's rights activist, wife of Rainald * Lucy Knightley (1742–1791), English politician * Keira Knightley (born 1985), English actress *Philip Knightley, English politician *Phillip Knightley (1929–2016), Australian journalist *Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Knightley (1819–1895), English politician * Richard Knightley (1533–1615), English politician *Steve Knightley (born 1954), English singer-songwriter and musician * Thomas Knightley (1824–1905), English architect * Valentine Knightley (other), multiple people **Valentine Knightley (died 1618), English politician and landowner *Will Knightley (born 1946), English actor, father of Keira * William Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Knightley, 2nd Baronet
Sir Charles Knightley, 2nd Baronet (30 January 1781 – 30 August 1864) was a British people, British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Knightley was the son of Reverend Charles Knightley and Elizabeth née Boulton. In 1813, he married Selina Mary Hervey, daughter of Felton Lionel Hervey and Selina Mary née Elwill, and they had at least two children: Sophia Selina Knightley (died 1886), and Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Knightley (1819–1895). Knightley was first elected Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency), South Northamptonshire at the 1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 general election and held the seat until 1852, when he did not seek re-election. He was an excellent horseman and consummate trainer, using the Pytchley Hunt for jumping practice. 5th ed. by G. J. Whyte-M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Knightley
Sir Richard Knightley (1533 – 1 September 1615) of Fawsley Hall in Northamptonshire was an English Member of Parliament (MP) and leading patron of the Puritans during the reign of Elizabeth I. The Knightleys were one of the leading families of Northamptonshire. Biography Knightley was the eldest son of Valentine Knightley of Fawsley and his wife Anne (née Ferrers). He succeeded his father in 1566 and was knighted in 1565. He was MP for Northampton in the Parliaments of 1584 and 1586, and for Northamptonshire in those of 1589 and 1598. He also served as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1568–1569 and 1581–1582. In 1587 he was commanded by Queen Elizabeth to be present at the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (which took place in Northamptonshire). He was a conspicuous member of the Puritan faction in Parliament, and in November 1588 was involved in the printing of the Marprelate tracts. In the late spring of 1588 Elizabeth Hussey allowed the printer Robert Waldegr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Knightley
George Knightley is a principal character depicted by Jane Austen in her novel '' Emma'', published in 1815. He is a landowner and gentleman farmer, though "having little spare money". A lifetime friend of Emma's, though nearly seventeen years older than she, he enjoys correcting her. Character A kind and compassionate person, Mr. Knightley exhibits good judgement, high moral character and maturity in contrast to Emma's still-maturing character: as a hero, he also has presence and authority, and a natural lifelike quality. The most hard-working of Austen's heroes, he is also the least grand and ostentatious, not even keeping a pair of carriage horses. As the owner of the largest estate in the area (Donwell Abbey) this makes his down to earth manners all the more remarkable. Despite a certain sharpness of tongue, his genuine qualities are revealed for example by his disappointment when he sees Emma insult Miss Bates, a spinster of modest means. Mr. Knightley's reprimand of Emma fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Knightley-Smith
William Knightley-Smith (1 August 1932 – 31 July 1962) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1952 and 1961. Life and career Bill Knightley-Smith was educated at Highgate School in North London, where he was captain of the cricket, football and fives teams. Barry Norman, "The Last Days of August", in ''County Champions'', Heinemann/Quixote Press, London, 1982, pp. 127–38. After Highgate he went to St John's College, Cambridge, where he won blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ... for cricket and football. He played a full season for Middlesex in 1952 and was awarded his county cap, then played for Cambridge University from 1953 to 1955, and for Gloucestershire, where he was also Assistant Secretary, from 1955 to 1957. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Knightley
Will Knightley (born 23 April 1946) is an English television and stage actor. He has primarily worked on the stage, and is a founding member of London's Half Moon Theatre. In addition to acting, he has performed voice-over work. He has had TV stints in ''The Bill'', ''A Touch of Frost'', ''Midsomer Murders'' and various adverts. In 2009 he appeared in the BBC drama ''A Short Stay in Switzerland''. In 2004, he appeared on the British series ''Rosemary & Thyme'' in the episode "Orpheus in the Undergrowth" as character Jeremy Pearson. He is the father of composer Caleb Knightley (b. 1979) and Two-Time Academy Award-nominated actress Keira Knightley (b. 1985). Selected credits *''EastEnders'' (2014) as Henry Summerhayes * ''A Short Stay in Switzerland'' (2009) as Dr Jack Turner *''Calendar Girls'' (2009, stage play) *''Flight Path'' (2007, stage play) *''Cinderella'' (2005-6, stage pantomime) as Baron Hardup *''Lone Star Mark Three'' (2005, stage play) *'' The Permanent Way'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Knightley (died 1618)
Sir Valentine Knightley (c. 1555 – 9 December 1618) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire and educated at Hart Hall, Oxford (1568), where he was awarded MA in 1605 and trained for the law at Gray's Inn (1583). He was knighted on 11 May 1603 and succeeded his father in 1615. He was elected to Parliament as MP for Tavistock in both 1584 and 1586, for Northampton in 1593 and for Tavistock again in 1597. He was knight of the shire (MP) for Northamptonshire in 1604, having also been elected for Dunwich. The latter seat was taken instead by his friend Thomas Smythe. He served as a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Northamptonshire at various times and as a judge of assize in the oyer and terminer courts on the Oxford circuit from 1609 to his death and on the Midland circuit from 1616 to his death. He was a Member of the Virginia Company in 1611 and the North West Passage Company in 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Knightley (other)
Valentine Knightley may refer to: *Valentine Knightley (died 1618) (c.1555–1618), MP for Tavistock and Northampton *Valentine Knightley (MP) Valentine Knightley may refer to: * Valentine Knightley (died 1618) (c.1555–1618), MP for Tavistock and Northampton * Valentine Knightley (MP) (1718–1754), High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1743; MP for Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; ... (1718–1754), High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1743; MP for Northamptonshire, 1748–1754 *Sir Valentine Knightley, 4th Baronet (1812–1898), of the Knightley Baronets {{hndis, Knightley, Valentine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Knightley
Thomas Edward Knightley (1824–1905) was a British architect responsible for designing the Queen's Hall and St Paul's Church, Isle of Dogs in London. Knightley was sometimes considered eccentric Eccentricity or eccentric may refer to: * Eccentricity (behavior), odd behavior on the part of a person, as opposed to being "normal" Mathematics, science and technology Mathematics * Off-center, in geometry * Eccentricity (graph theory) of a v ...; for example, he used the bodies of dead mice to act as a guide for the painters on the Queen's Hall, his preferred colour matching the shade of grey found on the mice's bellies. Gallery File:Queen's Hall 1912 postcard.jpg, Queen's Hall, 1912 File:The_Space_(Isle_of_Dogs).jpg, St Paul's, Isle of Dogs, 2006 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Knightley, Thomas 1824 births 1905 deaths 19th-century English architects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Knightley
Steve Knightley (born 1954) is an English singer, songwriter and acoustic musician. Since 1992 he has been one half of folk/roots duo Show of Hands along with Phil Beer. Knightley was named "Songwriter of the Nineties" by BBC Radio 6 Music in 2012. Personal life Knightley was born in Southampton in 1954 of English, Irish and Scottish descent. His grandfathers were both soldiers. When he was five his family moved to Exeter. At thirteen the family moved again to nearby Exmouth. Apart from spells away in Coventry, Brighton, London and rural Dorset, he remains a resident of East Devon where he lives with his wife Clare, a local medical doctor, and their three children. Career At fourteen Knightley began playing acoustic guitar at Exmouth Grammar School. It was there he met long-time friend and musical collaborator Paul Downes. Knightley was attracted to folk music after hearing his older step-brother's Joan Baez records. Together with Downes they began playing songs from the ''Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Knightley
Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Knightley (22 October 1819 – 19 December 1895), known as Sir Rainald Knightley, 3rd Baronet, from 1864 to 1892, was a British Conservative Party politician. Origins Knightley was the son of Sir Charles Knightley, 2nd Baronet of Fawsley, and his wife Selina Mary, daughter of F. L. Hervey. In 1864 he inherited the baronetcy and the Fawsley estate on the death of his father. The prominent ''de Knightley'' family originated at the Staffordshire manor of Knightley, acquired by them shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the tenant of ''Chenistelei'' as ''Rainald'', namely "Reginald the Sheriff", who held 88 manors throughout England, said to be the ancestor of this family. Mark Noble (1787) wrote of the de Knightley family: :''There is no private family in the kingdom has given more knights; none which has been more numerous in its branches; some of them have almost rivalled the eldest in consequence, and that fett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Knightley
Charles Stuart Knightley (born 3 February 1972) is a former English cricketer. Knightley was a left-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Knightley made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Shropshire. Knightley played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1996 to 2010, which included 75 Minor Counties Championship matches and 21 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Lancashire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. He played 5 further List A matches, the last coming against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy The 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 28 August 2003 and 28 August 2004. The competition was won by Gloucestershire Gladiators who beat the Worcestershire Royals by 8 wickets at Lord's. ... which was held in 2003. In his 6 List A matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Knightley
Phillip George Knightley (23 January 1929 – 7 December 2016) was an Australian journalist, critic, and non-fiction author. He became a visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Lincoln, England, and was a media commentator on the intelligence services and propaganda. Biography Born in Sydney, he began his career in 1946 as a copyboy with the Sydney ''Daily Telegraph''. Two years as a cadet reporter with ''The Northern Star'' ( Lismore) followed. He then temporarily left journalism to become a copra trader in Fiji. He next joined the ''Oceania Daily News'' (Suva), for which he wrote a social column titled ''Round the Town With Suzanne''. The paper prided itself on being the "First Paper Published in the World Today" because of Suva's proximity to the International Dateline. Knightley returned to Australia and worked for '' The Herald'' in Melbourne interviewing newly arrived migrants at the docks. He returned to Sydney in 1952 joining the city's ''Daily Mirror'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
