Marriages .26 progeny John Knight (Exmoor pioneer)

hon. jane elizabeth allanson-winn, 2nd wife of john knight (d.1850). possibly franz nadorp, commonplace book of isabella knight, daughter. edward lear collection, british museum

he married twice:

firstly helen charlotte hope (d. pre-1812), daughter of hon. charles hope-weir (1710-1791) of craigiehall, midlothian, second son of charles hope, 1st earl of hopetoun; without progeny.
secondly hon. jane elizabeth allanson-winn (d.1841), daughter of george allanson-winn, 1st baron headley (1725–1798), whom had progeny including:

colonel sir frederick winn knight (1812-1897), kcb, conservative member of parliament, completed father s pioneering development of exmoor.




1st of 21 sketches edward lear, documenting italian tour friend charles knight. caption: l & k leave frascati, july 28th 1842, villa taverna. l contemplates ferocious horse feelings of distrust . british museum, london





charles allanson knight (1814–1879) married jessie ramsay (1828–1922), daughter of william ramsay (1800–1881) (alias innes) of barra, inverurie, , widow of count alexander de polignac(d.pre-1862). friend , contemporary of writer , artist edward lear (1812-1888), whom in 1842 made tour of abruzzi. having given him riding lessons round walls of rome , lent artist 1 of horses journey, arab named gridiron. lear made several drawings during journey make fun of poor horsemanship, typical self-deprecating humour , record pair s adventures in comic form . lear described journey in illustrated excursions in italy, vol.1, 1846, in refers knight ck . lear remembered adventures rest of life , on deathbed lay dreaming of ride around rome .
edward lewis knight (1817–1882), of hornacott manor, boyton, cornwall. married thrice:

firstly elizabeth harris
secondly in 1868 henrietta mary sanford, whom had issue.
thirdly 1877 edith emma butler (1851–1936)


margaret knight, eldest daughter, on 11th december 1855, @ rome, married (as 2nd wife) italian nobleman , man of letters michelangelo caetani di sermoneta (1804-1882), 13th duke of sermoneta, 3rd prince of teano. family s friend edward lear referred in 1858 correspondence rome: margaret dss. of sermoneta fading slowly: kinder & softer knights are. friendly ever me .
isabella jane knight (d.18 july 1870), 2nd daughter, 1840 hopeless invalid . surviving commonplace book (first leaf signed , dated: isabella jane knight, /simonsbath - febry. 1837 ) contains several well-executed drawings , portraits, many edward lear , franz nadorp, , donated british museum in 1938 lt-col c. morley knight. family s friend edward lear referred in 1858 correspondence rome: knights live here ever, isabella passing 18th year in bed (i mean has been in bed 18 years — ) bright & patient . died unmarried. lived @ palazzo bracci, via rasella, rome , died @ 7 piazza pitti, florence.






^ british museum, prints & drawings, ref: 1938,0514.1.1-41[1]
^ burke s landed gentry, 1937, p.1306
^ thepeerage.com
^ edward lear: life peter levi, p.90[2]
^ see images[3]
^ http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectid=742640&partid=1
^ lear, edward, illustrated excursions in italy, vol.1, 1846[4]
^ edward lear: life,by peter levi, p.90
^ marriage settlement dated 1868 held cornwall archives bra1901/23, referred in bra1901/27 [5]
^ https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/michelangelo_caetani#biografia
^ spectator magazine, 6 january 1855 page 12[6]
^ letters of edward lear, author of book of nonsense chichester fortescue, lord carlingford , frances countess waldegrave, edited lady strachey of sutton court, london, 1909, p.128[7]
^ 1858 letter of edward lear, p.128
^ british museum, prints & drawings, ref: 1938,0514.1.1-41[8]
^ letters of edward lear, p.128
^ london gazette, 24 may 1872, p.2504[9]