Major Lawrence Edward Knox(1836–1873) was a

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officer and founder of ''

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''. He was born in the

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area of Brighton in East Sussex,

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. His parents were Arthur Edward Knox of Castlereagh, near Killala, County Mayo, (later Trotton House, Sussex) and Jane Parsons, daughter of

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''. Knox purchased an Ensigncy in the 63rd Foot in 1854 and was promoted

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without purchase later the same year. He purchased a Captaincy in 1857. He exchanged into the

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in 1858. In 1866 he was commissioned Major in the Tower Hamlets Militia. In 1868 he was elected to

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for Sligo Borough, although the election was later declared void and the borough disenfranchised for corruption. Eighteen months later, in May 1870, he contested a by-election in Mallow on the platform of

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's fledgling

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, but was defeated. Knox died at his home in Dublin on 24 January 1873, of scarlet fever.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knox, Lawrence E 1836 births 1873 deaths Military personnel from Sussex People from Brighton 63rd Regiment of Foot officers Devonshire Regiment officers British Militia officers 19th-century British newspaper founders London Regiment officers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Sligo constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1868–1874 19th-century British journalists British male journalists