Knowles baronets

The Knowles Baronetcy, of Lovell Hill in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 31 October 1765 for Charles Knowles, Admiral of the White, Rear-Admiral of Great Britain, Governor of Jamaica and Member of Parliament for Gatton.

[1] He was a descendant of Charles Knowles or Knollys, titular fourth Earl of Banbury.

The sixth Baronet was a Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor of Comparative Endocrinology at the University of Birmingham and Professor of Anatomy at King's College London.

[1] The Knowles Baronetcy, of Westwood and Turton Tower in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 December 1903 for Lees Knowles, Conservative Member of Parliament for Salford West from 1886 to 1906.

[3] Lovell Hill was the family residence at Cranbourne in Berkshire.

Arms of Knowles baronets, of Lovell Hill: Azure a naval crown between four cross-crosslets in cross, all within a cross recercelée disjoined between as many crosses, all or . The naval crown, to honour the admirals, was adopted at some point after the third baronet. [ 1 ]
Earlier arms of Knowles baronets: Per pale, azure and gules, crusilly of nine cross-crosslets, a cross moline, voided or [ 2 ]
Ad Sir Charles Henry Knowles 2nd Bt
Ad. Sir Charles Knowles, 4th Bt