Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet
Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet (31 January 1855 – 8 June 1934)[1] was a shipping magnate and Conservative Party politician in northeast England.
Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet
31 January 1855
Howdon, Northumberland
8 June 1934 (aged 79)
Margaret Annie Garbutt (m. 1878, d. 1929)
Elizabeth Chystie Gauntlett (m. 1932)
Thomas Garbutt
James Leadbitter (d. 1916)
Henry Basil (d. 1915)
shipbroker and ship-owner
Samarès Manor[edit]
In 1924 Knott moved to Jersey, bought Samarès Manor and became the Seigneur of Samarès.[3]
Legacy[edit]
Several institutions in northeast England are named after Knott, including the Knott Memorial Hall in Heddon-on-the-Wall.[13]