Charles Morley Knight
Charles Morley Knight
| Lieut.-Col. Charles Morley Knight DSO | |||||||||
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| File:Knight, Charles Morley.jpg | |||||||||
| Born | 1863 | ||||||||
| Died | 1937 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Naval and Military Club, Piccadilly, W1 c/o Messrs Lockwood & co., Rivadaria 654, Buenos Aires [1925] | ||||||||
| Occupation | armed services | ||||||||
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Proposed by C.H. Read, seconded by T.A. Joyce 1914.02.10
In A63 it is Wilfred Morley Knight with Naval and Military Club as address. Have changed first name from Wilfred to Charles as this seems more correct (The only reference to Wilfred is in A63 and the signature is C. Morley Knight so must be a mistake)
death noted in Report of the Council 1937-1938
Notes From Elsewhere
Author: col c morley knight captain charles lewis william morley knight 1863 1937 livestock breeder in argentina
Colonel Charles Lewis William Morley Knight 1863-1937 was a soldier and entrepreneur. In 1884 while still a Captain he wrote Hints on Driving, referring to the driving of horse-drawn carriages. Thomas wrote that the tuco-tuco ' is named in honour of Col. C. Morley Knight, by whom, in conjunction with his partner Col. J.J. Porteous, the explorations of Messrs Kemp and Budin have been so much facilitated in various ways'. As he was resident in Buenos Aires, Knight could evidently facilitate expeditions to Argentina. He was joint owner with Porteous of a successful horse-breeding operation at a farm called las Tres Lagunas in Las Rosas, Santa Fe Province. Knight and Porteous first went to Argentina in 1889 to look for horses and mules on behalf of the British Army. They liked what they saw and decided to become partners, not only in horse-breeding but also in cattle, and they introduced the Aberdeen Angus breed of cattle into Argentina in 1890. Whereas Porteous returned to the UK and looked after the European end of the business, visiting Argentina only occasionally thereafter, Knight stayed on in Argentina for the rest of his life. The tuco-tuco is found in northwest Argentina [The eponym dictionary of mammals]
Publications
External Publications
Hints On Driving 1902
Captain C Morley Knight