Rear-Admiral Sir Joseph Knight (c.1708 – 18 July 1775) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from 1752 to 1754.

Naval career

Knight joined the Royal Navy in 1727. Promoted to captain on 31 July 1746, he was given command of the fourth-rate and then, later that year, the fourth-rate , in which he took part in the

raid on Lorient The raid on Lorient was a British amphibious operation in the region around the town of Lorient from 29 September to 10 October 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession. It was planned as an attempt to force the French to withdraw their forc ...

in September 1746 and then sailed out to the far east and served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from 1752 to 1754. He went on to command, successively, the fifth-rate , the third-rate (in which he took part in the

capture of Gorée The Capture of Gorée occurred in December 1758 when a British naval expedition led by Augustus Keppel against the French island of Gorée off the coast of Senegal during the Seven Years' War. Keppel bombarded the fortress and then landed his ...

in 1758), the fourth-rate , the third-rate (in which he took part in the siege of Havana in 1762), the third-rate and the second-rate . His daughter was the author, Ellis Cornelia Knight.

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