Andrew Knight (politician)

Andrew Halley Knight (18 December 1813 – 6 July 1904) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1][2]

Knight was born in Edinburgh, Scotland,[2] and arrived in the Port Phillip District in 1838. He farmed sheep in Kalkallo, Victoria and later became a merchant in Melbourne.[2]

Knight was a nominated member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 6 September 1853[3] replacing Edward Emmett.[4] Knight remained a member until resigning on 8 March 1854; he was replaced by Charles Bradshaw.[4]

In 1863 Knight and his wife, Elizabeth Hawkins Knight (1827 – December 1886, née Grylls),[5] travelled from Liverpool on the SS Great Britain, arriving in Melbourne on 17 December.[6] Elizabeth Knight had been born in Devon.

Andrew Knight died in Croydon, England on 6 July 1904.[2]

References
  1. "Andrew Halley Knight - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk.
  2. "Knight, Andrew Halley". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  3. Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria". Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 177. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. "NPG Ax57258; Elizabeth Hawkins Knight (née Grylls) – Portrait – National Portrait Gallery". Npg.org.uk. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. "SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain". globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org.
Victorian Legislative Council
Preceded by
Edward Emmett		 Nominated member
6 September 1853 – 8 March 1854		 Succeeded by
Charles Bradshaw
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