4o8 COMPLETE PEERAGE bandon 1883. Governor of Guernsey, 1854-55 ; in command of the camp at Aldershot (then first formed) 1855; Vice President of the Council of Military Education, 1861 to 1862; Treasurer and Comptroller of the Household of the Prince of Wales, 1862-77; K..C.B., 1867 ; P.C. 19 Mar. 1872 ; Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to the House of Lords, 1877 till his death ; Groom of the Stole to the Prince of Wales from 1 877, and Receiver Gen. of the Duchy of Cornwall from 1878 till his death ; Hon. D.C.L. (Oxford) ; Hon. LL.D. (Cambridge). He m., 29 Sep. 1830, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Elizabeth, illegit. da. of Sir John St. AuBYN, 5th Bart., of Clowance, and sister of Sir Edward St. Aubyn, cr. a Bart. 1866. She ^/. 28 Jan. 1878. He -2'. 23 June 1883, at his official residence in the House of Lords, aged 85. Will pr. 30 Aug. 1883, above ^32,000, by his yst. s., Francis K., C.B., afterwards, 21 July 1902, cr. Baron Knollys, who inherited the family estates of Blount's Court, Oxon, to the exclusion of his elder br. as below. X. 1883. 10. William Wallingford Knollys [Qy. Earl OF Banbury, Viscount Wallingford and Baron Knollys OF Greys i*], who did not assume the title, though after his father's death he published a letter laying claim to the Earldom, (°) s. and h., i^. 13 Nov. 1833, in London. Ed. at Sandhurst. Served in the Scots Guards during the Crimean Campaign ; exchanged into the 93rd High- landers June 1858. Lieut. Col. 1878, retiring Dec. 1883. He m., i860, Sophia Elizabeth Tuckfield, ist. da. of Thomas Goldsworthy, by Sophia, da. of ( — ) Tuckfield. She was b. 6 Dec. 1840. He d. 13 Aug. 1904, C^) suddenly, of heart failure, at Perham House, Perham Road, West Kensington, aged 70. His widow was living in 19 10. He was sue. by his s., who is outside the scope of this work. BANDON i.e. "Boyle of Bandon, co. Cork, " Viscountcy [L] (Boyle), cr. 1756, with the Earkiom of Shannon [I] which see. BARONY [L] I. Francis Bernard, of Castle Bernard, near J Bandon, co. Cork, s. and h. of James B., of the same, '"■^" (M. P. for CO. Cork, in three Paris.) by Esther, widow VISCOUNTCY [L] of Robert Gookin, da. of Percy Smith, and sister J and coh. of William S., of Headborough, was i>. ^"795- 26 Nov. 1755. Was M. P. [1.] for Ennis 1778-83, EARLDOM [I.] for Bandon Bridge, 1783-90 ; sue. his father 7 July J „ 1790; and was, on 26 Nov. 1793, cr. BARON BAN- DON of Bandonbridge, co. Cork [I]; on 4 Oct. 1795 (") See note " c " on previous page. () " He began a connection with the newspaper Press in i860, and continued
