Lawrence Knox

Lawrence Edward Knox (1836–1873)

In 1859, at the age of 22, he founded The Irish Times. Knox purchased an Ensigncy in the 63rd Foot in 1854 and was promoted lieutenant without purchase later the same year. He purchased a Captaincy in 1857. He exchanged into the 11th Foot in 1858. In 1866 he was commissioned major in the Tower Hamlets Militia. In 1868 he was elected to Parliament for Sligo, although the election was later declared void and the borough disenfranchised for corruption.

Knox was active in Freemasonry, being a member of Duke of York Lodge No. 25 in Dublin. Knox died at his home in Dublin on 24 January 1873, of scarlet fever.