Sir John Stuart Knill, 2nd Baronet (4 September 1856 – 26 March 1934) was

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for 1909 to 1910. He was the son of

Sir Stuart Knill, 1st Baronet Sir Stuart Knill, 1st Baronet (11 April 1824 – 19 November 1898) was a London businessman and Lord Mayor of London. Biography Knill was born the son of John Knill, of Blackheath, London and succeeded his father as proprietor of Messrs. John K ...

, the first Roman Catholic

since the Reformation. Knill was an Alderman

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in London. He was Master of the

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in 1902.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Knill, John, Sir, 2nd Baronet 1856 births 1934 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 20th-century lord mayors of London

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