The Hon. William Stuart Knox DL, JP (11 March 1826 – 16 February 1900), was an Irish politician.

Background

Knox was a younger son of

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, and Mary Juliana, daughter of the Most Reverend William Stuart,

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Political and military career

Knox was elected

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for

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in 1851 (succeeding his elder brother Viscount Northland), a seat he held until 1874. He was a

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in 1852 and 1853. Commissioned into the 51st Foot, he retired as a

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in 1855. From 1867 he was Honorary Colonel in the Mid Ulster Artillery, and he served as a Deputy Lieutenant and

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for

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Family

Knox married in 1856 Georgiana Rooper, daughter of

John Bonfoy Rooper John Bonfoy Rooper (8 August 1778 – March 1855) was a British Member of Parliament. Life He was born the eldest son of John Rooper of Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire and Abbots Ripton Hall, Huntingdonshire, and was educated at Rugby School ...

, of Ripton Hall,

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. They had several children. He died at

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on 16 February 1900, aged 73. His wife survived him by 26 years and died in November 1926.

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* 1826 births 1900 deaths Younger sons of earls Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tyrone constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 Deputy Lieutenants of Tyrone {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub