William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury

The Earl of Banbury
Born1544 (1544)
Died25 May 1632 (aged 87–88)
Spouses
ChildrenEdward
Nicholas
Parent(s)Sir Francis Knollys
Catherine Carey
Arms of Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, KG

William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, KG, PC (1544[1] – 25 May 1632) was an English nobleman at the court of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.[2]

  1. ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 Volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 Volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume I, p. 400, gives c. 1547 as the year of his birth.
  2. ^ "Earl of Banbury". Leigh Rayment's Peerage pages. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)