William Knight (1840 - 21 November 1923) was an English architect based in
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...
.
Career
He was born in
Sneinton, Nottingham, the son of William Knight (1808-1897), timber merchant, and Mary Ann (b. 1817).
He had offices at 28 Derby Road, and in 1882 moved to East Circus Street, Nottingham.
He married Elizabeth Lindsay Symington (1842-1894), 3rd daughter of James Symington, on 3 April 1872
in
St Helen's Church, Oxendon
St Helen's Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Oxendon. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the west side of Harborough Road, to the north of the village of Great Oxendon.
There is no reference to a church or prie ...
, Leicestershire and they had the following children:
*William P. Knight (b. 1873)
*
Harold Knight
Harold Knight (27 January 1874 – 3 October 1961) was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter.
Knight was born in Nottingham, England, the son of William Knight (architect), William Knight, architect, and studied at Nottingham School ...
(1874-1961)
*Ethel Lindsay Knight (1875-1941)
*Agnes Mary Knight (1877-1950)
*Edgar Knight (b. 1881)
He retired to
Great Bowden,
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...
, where he died on 21 November 1923.
Notable works
References
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1840 births
1923 deaths
Architects from Nottingham