“ Colonel Knollys, who was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, married Sophia Elizabeth Tuckfield, oldest daughter of the late Thomas Goldsworthy, and sister of the late Sir Roger Goldsworthy, by whom he leaves two sons and a daughter, the elder son being Captain R. W. E. Knollys, of the Indian Army. Like his father before him, Colonel Knollys believed himself heir to the earldom of Banbury, to which no claimant has proved his title for more than two centuries. Lord Knollys, the King's private secretary, is Colonel Knolly's younger brother. ”

“ William Wallingford Knollys was born on November 13, 1833, and was the eldest son of the late General Sir William Thomas Knollys, sometime colonel of the Scots Guards and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, by his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of the late Sir John Aubyn. ”

“ On returning to England he passed into the Staff College, and, after graduating there, served as aide-de-camp to the lieutenant-general commanding at Aldershot. Having exchanged into the 93rd Highlanders in 1858, he returned to India, and, after passing the higher standard in Hindustani, served in the Quartermaster-General's Department, first at Morar, and afterwards at Umballa. In 1870 he came back to England, and was appointed garrison instructor for London and the Home District. ”