John Knight (died 1733)
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John Knight (c.1686–1733) of Gosfield Hall, Essex was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1733.
Knight was the only son of John Knight and his wife Elizabeth. He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1702 and matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 26 March 1703, aged 16.[1] His first wife was Elizabeth Slaughter of Cheyne Court, Herefordshire. He succeeded his father in 1708, and came into a significant inheritance. In about 1710 he acquired many Cornish estates from John Tredenham, and was listed as owning over £500 of Bank of England stock.[2]
