19 January 1886 - d. 1960) was a British administrator and civil servant who served as the Acting Governor of Madras in 1946.
He graduated from Caius College, Cambridge and in 1909, passed the Indian Civil Service examinations.
From 1939 to 1945, he served as Adviser to the Governor of Bombay Presidency in charge of finance, food, agriculture, and rural development.
Returning to Great Britain in 1947, he served as Adviser to the Secretary of State for India.
[1] Knight married Jesse Spence Duncan in 1926 and had one son and one daughter.