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A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Knolles, Henry

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1786505A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Knolles, HenryWilliam Richard O'Byrne

KNOLLES, K.T.S. (Lieutenant, 1824.)

Henry Knolles entered the Navy in 1808; and served for nearly four years with Admiral Hon. Michael De Courcy, under whom, in the Tonnant 80, he assisted in embarking the army after the battle of Corunna, and was for a long time employed, in the Foudroyant 80, on the Brazilian station. In Sept. 1813 we find him employed at the siege of St. Sebastian in the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe. He passed his examination in 1814; and after an intermediate servitude in various ships, part of the time on the Cape station, was promoted, 3 June, 1824, to a Lieutenancy in the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, at the particular request of Don John of Portugal, upon whose fugitive family, while Mate of that ship, he had been in especial attendance during the height of the rebellion. As a further mark of favour, the same monarch created him a K.T.S. He has been on half-pay since 1825. Agent – J. Hinxman.