Lucy Knightley, MP

Biography

Lucy Knightley, MP was born on February 23, 1742 in Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. His parents were Valentine Knightley, MP and Elizabeth Knightley (Dummer).

Lucy married Catherine Knightley (Dashwood).

He died on January 28, 1791 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.

Lucy Knightley (1742–1791) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1763 and 1784.

Knightley was the son of Valentine Knightley of Fawsley, Northamptonshire and his wife Elizabeth Dummer, daughter of Edward Dummer of Swaythling, Hampshire and was born on 23 February 1742. He was educated at Rugby School in 1748 and at Eton College from 1755 to 1759. In 1760 he matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 26 January aged 17. On the death of his father on 2 May 1754 he succeeded to Fawsley Hall, which he developed in the 1760s by employing Capability Brown on his gardens. He married Catherine Dashwood, daughter of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet on 14 April 1764. He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1770–71.

Knightley was returned for Member of Parliament for Northampton at a by-election on 21 November 1763.

Knightley died on 28 January 1791. He and his wife Catherine had no children

Proprietors of Haversham Manor

• 1728 Lucy Knightley, a descendant of the Lucy family.
• 1738 Valentine Knightley, his son
• 1754 Lucy Knightley, his son, who sold the Manor, Parish and Advowson to the Trustees of
• 1764 Alexander Small, who was at the time a minor.

Extracts from: "The Story of Haversham" by Rev. Samuel Hilton, M.A. Rector of Haversham http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/hav/docs/history/prop.html

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