Samuel Knight

Samuel Knight (1675–1746) was an English clergyman and antiquary. Life He was born in London the son of John Knight and attended St Paul's School, London and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1702, MA 1706), and received a Cambridge DD in 1706. He was ordained in 1704 and became chaplain to the Earl of Oxford. He was Rector of Borough Green, Cambridgeshire (1707-1746), Vicar of Chippenham, Cambridgeshire in 1707, Prebendary of Ely cathedral, (1714-1746) and Rector of Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire (1714-1746) . He served as chaplain to King George II from 1730 to 1746 and as Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1735 to 1746. He was a prebendary of Lincoln from 1742 to 1746 . Knight died on 9 December 1746 and was buried in Bluntisham Church. He had a son Samuel.