Lawrence E. Knox

Major Lawrence Edward Knox(1836–1873)[1] was a British Army officer and founder of The Irish Times. He was born in the Kemp Town area of Brighton in East Sussex, England.[1] His parents were Arthur Edward Knox of Castle Rea, County Mayo, (later Trotton House, Sussex) and Jane Parsons, daughter of Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse.[1][2]

In 1859, at the age of 22, he founded The Irish Times. Knox purchased an Ensigncy in the 63rd Foot in 1854 and was promoted Lieutenant without purchase later the same year. He purchased a Captaincy in 1857. He exchanged into the 11th Foot in 1858. In 1866 he was commissioned Major in the Tower Hamlets Militia. In 1868 he was elected to Parliament for Sligo Borough, although the election was later declared void and the borough disenfranchised for corruption.[1] Eighteen months later, in May 1870, he contested a by-election in Mallow on the platform of Isaac Butt's fledgling Home Government Association, but was defeated.[3]

Knox died at his home in Dublin on 24 January 1873, of scarlet fever.[1]

References
  1. "Soldier, Adventurer and Newspaper Founder". The Irish Times. 27 March 2009, p. D8. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
      Bibliographic data corrected and completed 9 May 2019, from a copy of page 8 viewed, and located by automated search, in the Historical Newspapers archive at ProQuest.com (subscription required).
      This profile of Knox is one sidebar, or incomplete box, within an article with running header "The Irish Times 1859–2009" and running footer "The Irish Times @150" (judged from page 8 only). The sidebar endnote acknowledges: "This is an edited version of the entry on Lawrence Knox" in Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
  2. "Estate: Knox (Castlereagh)". Landed Estates Database. National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI). Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  3. Comerford, R.V. (1976). "Isaac Butt and the Home Rule Party, 1870–77". In Vaughan, W. E. (ed.). A New History of Ireland: Ireland Under the Union, 1870–1921. Oxford University Press. p. 4. ISBN 019821751X. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Armstrong		 Member of Parliament for Sligo Borough
1868 – 1870		 Borough disenfranchised for corruption


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