Harry Knight (farmer)

Henry Arthur Knight (29 August 1860 – 3 October 1935) was a New Zealand sheep farmer, racehorse owner, and local politician.

[1] When the School of Agriculture of Canterbury University College opened at Lincoln on 19 July 1880, Knight was the first student to enrol.

[4] In 1899, Knight was elected to the Board of Governors of his alma mater, by then called the Canterbury Agricultural College, and he remained a member until his death.

[3] When his property was cut up in the late 1890, Knight started breeding race horses.

[1] Knight commissioned architect Cecil Wood to design a homestead for Racecourse Hill.