Wyndham William Knight (5 December 1828 – 17 September 1918), known in some sources as Wiliam Wyndham Knight, [A] was an English amateur cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1862.
Knight was born at Chawton in Hampshire in 1828 [3] and educated at Winchester College. [4] He is known to have played cricket twice for the amateur Gentlemen of Kent side in the 1850s before making his only first-class appearance for the county side in 1862 against Sussex. [5] He was one of the founders of the Band of Brothers, an amateur cricket club closely associated with Kent. [6] [7] [8]
Knight lived at Bilting House near Godmersham in Kent for most of his adult life, although he is known to have owned property in Hampshire. [9] In 1846 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, serving in the regiment until 1854, commanding a company at the Battle of Boomplaats in South Africa in 1848 and rising to the rank of lieutenant. [4] [10] [11] [12] [13] He later served with the Royal East Kent Yeomanry between 1856 and 1862, rising to the rank of captain. [4] [12] [14] He was a magistrate and a justice of the peace, married Henrietta Armstrong and had two children. [4] [9] [12] [14]
Knight died at Bilting in Kent in 1918 aged 89. [2] [3] His brother Philip, father Edward, [B] and uncles George, Brook and Henry all played first-class cricket. [5]
He was the father of Captain William Brodnax Knight, of the Queen's Bays, and the grandfather of Major-General Sir Wyndham Charles Knight, of the Indian Army. [16]
Wyndham William Knight (5 December 1828 – 17 September 1918), known in some sources as Wiliam Wyndham Knight, [A] was an English amateur cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1862.
Knight was born at Chawton in Hampshire in 1828 [3] and educated at Winchester College. [4] He is known to have played cricket twice for the amateur Gentlemen of Kent side in the 1850s before making his only first-class appearance for the county side in 1862 against Sussex. [5] He was one of the founders of the Band of Brothers, an amateur cricket club closely associated with Kent. [6] [7] [8]
Knight lived at Bilting House near Godmersham in Kent for most of his adult life, although he is known to have owned property in Hampshire. [9] In 1846 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, serving in the regiment until 1854, commanding a company at the Battle of Boomplaats in South Africa in 1848 and rising to the rank of lieutenant. [4] [10] [11] [12] [13] He later served with the Royal East Kent Yeomanry between 1856 and 1862, rising to the rank of captain. [4] [12] [14] He was a magistrate and a justice of the peace, married Henrietta Armstrong and had two children. [4] [9] [12] [14]
Knight died at Bilting in Kent in 1918 aged 89. [2] [3] His brother Philip, father Edward, [B] and uncles George, Brook and Henry all played first-class cricket. [5]
He was the father of Captain William Brodnax Knight, of the Queen's Bays, and the grandfather of Major-General Sir Wyndham Charles Knight, of the Indian Army. [16]