Hubert Thomas Knox (1845–1921) was an Irish historian. He was the third son of Charles Knox of Ballinrobe, who would later be

High Sheriff of Mayo The High Sheriff of Mayo was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Mayo, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Mayo County Sheriff. The sheriff ...

in 1860 and was a colonel in the North Mayo Militia. His great-grandfather was James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley. His mother was Lady Louisa Browne, sister of

George Browne, 3rd Marquess of Sligo George John''The Irish in America - Long Journey Home: The Great Hunger'' (Documentary). Public Broadcasting Service Browne, 3rd Marquess of Sligo (31 January 1820 – 30 August 1896) was an Irish peer. The son of Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of S ...

. His eldest brother, Charles Howe Cuff Knox, was High Sheriff of County Mayo in 1873, colonel of the 3rd battalion of the Connaught Rangers and captain of the 8th Hussars. He studied law at the

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beginning in 1863 and was called to the bar in 1868. He served for a time in the

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...

, at

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, and also in the

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. He was educated at

Windlesham House School Windlesham House School is an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 4 to 13 on the South Downs, in Pulborough, West Sussex, England. It was founded in 1837 by Charles Robert Malden and was the first boys' preparatory schoo ...

and Harrow. He wrote several books about Irish history. He was elected a fellow of the

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is a learned society based in Ireland, whose aims are "to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments and memorials of the arts, manners and customs of the past, as connected with the antiquit ...

in 1896.

Select bibliography

* ''The De Burgo clans of Galway'', ''Journal of the

Galway Archaeological and Historical Society The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on 21 March 1900, at the Railway Hotel, Galway. It promotes the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. Since 1900, the Society has published 70 volumes of the ''J ...

'', volume one, ii; ''The manor of Admekin (Headford) in the thirteenth century'', iii, 1900–01 * ''Notes on the Early History of the Dioceses of Tuam, Killala and Achonry'', 1904. * ''The History of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century'', 1908.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20101129221317/http://shrule.com/_shrule/_display.php?pid=751 * http://www.gahs.info/journal5.htm#01 20th-century Irish historians People from County Mayo 1845 births 1921 deaths People educated at Harrow School People educated at Windlesham House School {{Ireland-historian-stub