Sir Edward Knox - letters patent granting him the honour of Knight Bachelor, 1898

MLMSS 6407/Box 1X

fonds

1898

152634

0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
Textual Records - (manuscript)

Sir Edward Knox (1819-1901) was a director of the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney from 1845 to 1901. In 1855 he founded the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. He was a member of the first Legislative Council in 1856-57 and was reappointed in 1881.

Wax seal preserved in original tin box, with parchmant letters patent of Knight Bachelor granted to Edward Knox, both with original red straight-grain morocco case, gilt arms on lid.

This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.