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Sir William Knighton (1776-1836)
This article was written by John Andrew Hamilton and was published in 1892
Sir William Knighton, keeper of the privy purse to George IV, was the son of William Knighton.
He was born at Beer Ferris, Devon, in 1776. His family had an estate at Grenofen, Whitchurch, Devon, but his father was disinherited, and, dying very early, left his widow in poverty.
Knighton, after a little schooling at Newton Bushell, Devon, was sent at an early age to study medicine under his uncle, Dr.
Bredall, a surgeon of Tavistock. He afterwards studied for two years at Guy's Hospital, London. At the age of twenty-on