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 in 1860 and was a colonel in the North Mayo Militia. His great-grandfather was

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. His mother was Lady Louisa Browne, sister of George Browne, 3rd Marquess of Sligo. 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

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, at

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, and also in the

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. He was educated at

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and Harrow. He wrote several books about Irish history. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1896.

Select bibliography

* ''The De Burgo clans of Galway'', ''Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'', 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