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William Knox (British Army officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir William George Knox KCB (20 October 1847 – 14 December 1916) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 8th Division.
==Military career==
Born the son of General Thomas Edmond Knox,〔(''Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour'' by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies p.186 )〕 William Knox was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1867.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He took part in Expedition to Abyssinia in 1868, in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1874 and in the Russo-Turkish War in 1877.〔 He also fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1878 and the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.〔 He was appointed Commander of the Royal Horse Artillery at Curragh Camp in 1880 and then took part in the Second Boer War being present at the defence of Ladysmith in 1900.〔 He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) ''in recognition of services in connection with the Campaign in South Africa 1899-1900'' in November 1900.
He went on to be Commander, Royal Artillery for 3rd Army Corps in 1902 and General Officer Commanding 8th Division in Southern Ireland in 1905 before retiring in 1910.〔
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