Politician, architectural writer and antiquary.
Henry Gally Knight
This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.
Biographical notes
Slavery connections
No known connections with slavery.
Abolition connections
According to History of Parliament, on 24 May 1832, ‘He looked forward to "the complete extinction of slavery"’. (Martin Casey, ‘GALLY KNIGHT, Henry (1786-1846), of Firbeck Hall, Yorks. and 69 Grosvenor Street, Mdx.,’ in History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History [online], London, 1964 -, 1820-1832, <> accessed 4 August 2021.)
ÁùºÏ²ÊÔ¤²â painting connections
Donor: presented in 1839: NG173–174.
Bibliography
History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-,
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J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-,
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020,
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W. W. Wroth and J. Harding, 'Knight, Henry Gally', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-,
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