Henry Knollys (British Army officer)

Sir Henry Knollys KCVO (20 June 1840 – 1 March 1930) was an officer in the Royal Artillery, British Army, and from 1896 to 1919 a private secretary to Princess Maud of Wales (from 1905 Queen of Norway).

[2] In 1896 he was appointed Private Secretary and Comptroller in Britain to the Princess Maud of Wales on her marriage to Prince Charles of Denmark, and continued in that office when her Royal Highness became Queen of Norway upon her husband's election as such in November 1905.

He was created a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in August 1901,[3] promoted to a Commander (CVO) in 1905, and knighted as a Knight Commander (KCVO) during the visit of the Norwegian royal couple to the UK in 1906.

[2] Colonel Sir Henry Knollys, died at Bournemouth, Hampshire, on 1 March in his 90th year.

The funeral service was held at Holy Trinity, Brompton, on Friday 7 March, and the interment was on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.