Catalogue description Knollis family, Earls of Banbury

Includes: letters from John Caborn to William Knollys, Viscount Wallingford, 1736-40; other letters to Lord and Lady Wallingford, 1721-44; papers concerning the Law family in France, c1725-34; letters from Mary Catherine, Lady Wallingford, 1759-76; letters from Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Portland, to Lady Wallingford, 1736-89; letters from Elizabeth, Viscountess Weymouth, to Lady Wallingford, 1780-6, nd; letters from Mrs Elizabeth Montague to Lady Wallingford, 1745, nd; letters from Mary, Lady Andover, to Lady Wallingford, nd; other letters to Lady Wallingford, c1740-85, nd; letters from Lady Yarmouth to Lady Wallingford, 1759, nd; correspondence of Charles, 5th Earl of Banbury, 1740-5; correspondence of Colonel Samuel Knollys, 1795-1809; letters from Revd Francis Knollys, 1783-4; correspondence of Thomas Woods, 7th Earl of Banbury, 1783-4; papers concerning the disputed titles, late 18th century; letter to Colonel Samuel Knollys, 1805; letters from William, 8th Earl of Banbury, to his mother, c1795-7; other correspondence of the 8th Earl of Banbury, c1812-30; correspondence of Charlotte Maria, 8th Countess of Banbury, 1796-1816; correspondence of General Sir William Knollys, 1814-82; letters from Emma St Aubyn to her brother, Sir William Knollys, 1833-8; letters from Edward St Aubyn to William Knollys, 1836-46; correspondence of Catherine and Charlotte Knollys, 1826-36; letters from Queen Victoria to Charlotte Knollys, 1878-83; correspondence of Sir Henry Knollys, 1874-1924; notes on Knollys family history, 19th-20th centuries; printed material, 1809-1931; biographical notes on Knollys family, 1892; volumes of copy Knollys letters concerning Mary, Queen of Scots, 18th century; letters from Richard White to William, Viscount Wallingford, 1735-8; letters from Colonel Samuel Knollys to his daughter, Charlotte, 1815-17, nd; letters from Charlotte Knollys to her sister, Constance, many concerning the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Royal Family, 1892-1903; papers relating to Mrs Bertred Carroll, 1950-66; telegram from Princess Alexandra to Mrs Archibald Knollys concerning assasination attempt, 1900; correspondence of Revd WF Erskine Knollys and his family, 1831-1902; papers concerning the army career of Sir Henry Knollys, 1860-1910; papers concerning the disputed marriage settlement of Queen Maud of Norway (Princess Maud of Wales), 1889-1913; papers concerning recall of Sir Arthur Herbert from Christiania, 1910; papers concerning investigatory committee on the nursing of the sick poor in workhouses, 1902; Carroll family correspondence, c1919-55; letters from Miss Joan Wake, 1949-73; pedigrees, family history notes and papers, 20th century; prints of portraits of Knollys family and connections, 18th-20th centuries; papers concerning the Portsmouth and Arundel Canal Company, 1817-19.

This collection of papers of the Knollis family, Earls of Banbury, is closely related to the larger collection 1M44, which contains many other letters from and relating to the same people, and also accounts and other records.

Knollis family, Earls of Banbury

Knollys family of Winchester, Hampshire

The Earldom was created in 1626 but doubts were cast on the paternity of the 1st Earl's sons, the 2nd and 3rd Earls. The matter was unresolved until the 19th century, when after a long and expensive investigation the Lords determined in 1813 that the 8th Earl was not entitled to the title of Earl of Banbury, and the use of the title was dropped. The 8th Earl was subsequently known as General Knollys. His eldest son, known as Viscount Wallingford until 1813, became General Sir William Knollys and (amongst other offices) was Treasurer and Comptroller of the Household of the Prince of Wales and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Of his ten children, Francis was Private Secretary to Edward VII and George V and was created Viscount Knollys; Henry was Comptroller and Private Secretary to Princess Charles of Denmark, afterwards Queen of Norway and was knighted; and Charlotte was Lady in Waiting to the Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra, and given the precedence of a baron's daughter.

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