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Thomas Knight (MP for Canterbury)
Thomas Knight (ca. 1701 – 26 February 1781) previously Thomas Brodnax (1701–1726) and Thomas May (1727–1738) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1741. Knight was the son of William Brodnax of Godmersham, Kent and his wife Anne May and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1726, he changed his name by a 1726 Act of Parliament to May on inheriting May estates at Rawmere.〔(William Berry ''County genealogies: Pedigrees of the families in the county of Sussex'' )〕〔(Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1726 (13 Geo. 1). c. 4 )〕 In 1732 he rebuilt his seat at Godmersham.〔(''Parishes: Godmersham'', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (1798), pp. 319-332. Date accessed: 24 November 2010 )〕 He served as Sheriff of Kent for 1729. He also inherited Chawton Park.
==MP for Canterbury==
As May, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury in 1734, and held the seat until 1741. In 1738, he changed his name by Act of Parliament to Knight after inheriting estates under the will of Elizabeth Knight, widow of Bulstrode Peachy Knight (who was her second husband, her first being William Knight of Dean). In 1742 he enclosed a park round his seat at Godmersham.〔
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