Edward Knollys

Edward George William Tyrwhitt Knollys, 2nd Viscount Knollys, GCMG, MBE, DFC (16 January 1895 – 3 December 1966) was a British peer, public servant, and businessman. He was Governor of Bermuda from 1941 to 1943.

Early life The eldest son of Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, Private Secretary to the Sovereign, and of Lady Knollys (formerly the Honourable Ardyn Mary Tyrwhitt, daughter of Sir Henry Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet and Harriet Tyrwhitt, 12th Baroness Berners).

Career

He fought in the World War I, gaining the rank of Captain in the Queen's Westminsters of the Territorial Army (part of the British Army). The Viscounts Knollys are members of the prominent Knollys family (pronounced "Nohlz") and are descended in the senior male line from William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury.

From 1941 to 1943, he served as the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda, after which he served as chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation between 1943 and 1947. He was a director of Barclays Bank and was chairman of Vickers between 1956 and 1962, also serving as chairman of Employer's Liability Assurance Corporation in 1960. For this he retained British permission to accept and wear on 19 January 1948.

Personal life On 11 October 1928, he was married to Margaret Mary Josephine Coats, daughter of Sir Stuart Coats, 2nd Baronet and Jane Muir Greenlees. Her brother, James Coats, married Lady Amy Gordon-Lennox (eldest daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond). Together they were the parents of: David Francis Dudley Knollys, 3rd Viscount Knollys (1931–2023), who married Hon. Sheelin Virginia Maxwell, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Somerset Arthur Maxwell (heir apparent to Arthur Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham) and Angela Susan Roberts, in 1959. He was succeeded in his titles by his only son, David.