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Mark Knowles
1834
Male
Person 00077246
Born 1834 at ? (C)
Knowles, Mark, a member of the Northern circuit, vice-chairman Blackburn School Board 1875, educated at St. John's National
School, Blackburn, ironfounder and engineer 1856-76, inventor of the patent expanding comb, the patent centre-point warping
machine, etc., a student of the Middle Temple 17 Jan., 1876, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1879 (youngest son of late Mark Knowles, of
Blackburn, co. Lanc., dec.); born 26 Sept., 1834; married 1st, 25 June, 1857, Hannah, dau. of William Wolstenholme, Esq.; she died ,
1872, leaving 3 sons and 2 daus.; he married 2ndly, 10 March, 1874, Blanche Adèle, dau. of Sir Joseph Devereux, of Windsor.
Married March 1874 at Windsor district (R)
to Adele Blanche Devereux (1847)
1881 at Camberwell (C)
Mark Knowles, 46, barrister, with Blanche, 33, 5 sons from Blackburn and 2 servants
Died June 1895 at Clitheroe district (R)
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