William Knox

William Knox (25 April 1850 – 25 August 1913) was an Australian businessman and politician.

Life and career Knox was born in Melbourne and his family later moved to Horsham and Ballarat. He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and joined the State Bank of Victoria in 1866 and worked in various country branches. In January 1884 he married Catherine Mary McMurtrie. In 1885, he became secretary of BHP Knox was also one of the seven members of the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust, established in 1908 to build part of Melbourne's electric tram network.

The Knoxs had five sons and two daughters. When he and his wife and their younger children were visiting England in 1913, he died at Folkestone, Kent. He had declined a knighthood. His sons included: George Hodges (1885–1960), appointed CMG in 1917, speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1942–1947) Robert Wilson (1890–1973), businessman, knighted 1934 William Johnstone, awarded the Military Cross and died of wounds in 1917 MacGregor, awarded the Military Cross and permanently incapacitated