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John Knill
John Knill (1 January 1733 – 29 March 1811) born at Callington in Cornwall was a slightly eccentric mayor of St Ives, Cornwall, UK, in 1767 and Collector of Customs at St Ives from 1762–1782. He built his own memorial, a high granite obelisk known as Knill's steeple. This obelisk was sited on the summit of Worvas hill, with views over St Ives Bay, with the intention that he should be buried in a vault within it, but his body was interred in St Andrew's Church, Holborn. The steeple bears on one side the painted coat of arms of Knill, with the Latin ''Nil Desperandum'' (Never Despair); also inscribed on the monument are the words of ''Johannes Knill 1782'', ''Resurgam'' (I shall arise), and, in English, ''I know that my Redeemer liveth''.
==Biography==
In 1777 Knill became the private secretary to the newly made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, John Hobart the Earl of Buckinghamshire; returning to St Ives after six months in the post. A life-time friendship continued and Knill became a trustee of John Hobart's estate when he died in 1793.
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