Royal physician and secretary to George IV; in 1822 he succeeded Sir Benjamin Bloomfield as keeper of the privy purse.

REFERENCES TO Sir William Knighton, first baronet:

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 19 February 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 20 December 1822 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 13 February 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 11 June 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 19 June 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Countess of Charleville to Lady Morgan, 30 December [1827] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Sir Walter Scott to John Gibson Lockhart, [December? 1828] in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

Sir Walter Scott to John Gibson Lockhart, 8 July 1829 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 25 June 1831 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)