Henry Foley Knight


Sir Henry Foley Knight KCSI CIE was a British administrator and civil servant who served as the Acting Governor of Madras in 1946.

Early life

Henry Foley Knight was born to John Henry Knight and Elizabeth Bligh Foley in Farnham on 19January 1886. He graduated from Caius College, Cambridge and in 1909, passed the Indian Civil Service examinations.

Career

In 1910, Foley was sent to India as an Assistant Collector and Magistrate in Bombay Presidency. He served in the army during the First World War and as an Indian Army Reserve Officer from 1916 to 1919. Between 1919 and 1920, Foley served as an Under Secretary and then, Deputy Secretary of the Revenue and Financial Department of the Government of Bombay.

Family

Knight married Jesse Spence Duncan in 1926 and had one son and one daughter.