Charles Edmond Knox
| Sir Charles Edmond Knox | |
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Knox in 1902
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| Nickname(s) | Nice Knox |
| Born | 28 February 1846 |
| Died | 1 November 1938 (aged 92) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1865 – 1909 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | King's Shropshire Light Infantry |
| Commands held |
King's Shropshire Light Infantry 13th Infantry Brigade 4th Infantry Division |
| Battles/wars |
Bechuanaland Expedition Second Boer War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Mention in Despatches (3) |
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Edmond Knox KCB (28 February 1846 – 1 November 1938) was an Anglo-Irish soldier of the British Army.
Knox was the son of Robert Knox DD, Archbishop of Armagh, and of his wife Catherine Delia FitzGibbon, daughter of Thomas Gibbon FitzGibbon of Ballyseeda, County Limerick. He had two brothers and two sisters. His great-grandfather, Thomas Knox (died 1818) of Dungannon Park, County Tyrone, had been created the first Viscount Northland.
He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst.
On 30 June 1865, Knox was commissioned into the British Army's 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) as an ensign by purchase. This later became the 2nd Battalion the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, and the whole of his regimental service was done in that corps. On 7 August 1867, he was promoted lieutenant by purchase, on 11 June 1876, captain in a death vacancy, and on 1 July 1883, major. He served under Sir Charles Warren in the Bechuanaland Expedition between 1884 and 1885 and while there raised and commanded the 4th Pioneer Regiment. The expedition did not see any fighting but due to his performance Knox was promoted a brevet lieutenant colonel; brevet colonel on 9 December 1889; and he was promoted substantive lieutenant colonel on 11 February 1890, and was commanding officer of a battalion of his regiment from then to 11 February 1894. After a period of half-pay, he went on to command the 32nd Regimental District (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) based in Bodmin, from 29 January 1895 to 29 November 1899, when he was promoted to temporary major general in command of an infantry brigade at Aldershot.
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