Edward Knox

Sir Edward Knox (6 June 1819 – 7 January 1901) was a Danish-born Australian politician, sugar refiner and banker.

Early life He was born in Helsingør, Denmark, to merchant George Knox and Elizabeth Frances, née Mullens. His father was from Scotland. His mother was born in Bordeaux. He received his schooling at Sorø Academy. He became a merchant at 16, training in Lübeck, Germany, before entering his uncle's London merchant house as a clerk. He then migrated to Sydney in 1840 deciding on a new life as a pastoralist. He handed over the management of the company to his son Edward William but stayed on as chairman until 1901.

Sir Edward Knox died at his residence Fiona in Woollahra on 7 January 1901. Fiona was designed by the architect John Frederick Hilly and is now part of Ascham School in Edgecliff. Knox is buried at Sydney's Waverley Cemetery.