Charles Knight (civil servant)
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Charles Knight CB
(1863–25 March 1941) was a British
civil servant.
Born in Roche, Cornwall
, Knight served as Assistant Secretary of the Local Government Board
from 1918 to 1919 and then its successor, the Ministry of Health, from 1919 to 1922. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(1863–25 March 1941) was a British
United Kingdom
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civil servant.
Born in Roche, Cornwall
Roche, Cornwall
Roche is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village gets its name from a granite outcrop east of the village. Roche is the Norman-French word for Rock....
, Knight served as Assistant Secretary of the Local Government Board
Local Government Board
The Local Government Board was a British Government supervisory body overseeing local administration in England and Wales from 1871 to 1919.The LGB was created by the Local Government Board Act 1871 The Local Government Board (LGB) was a British Government supervisory body overseeing local...
from 1918 to 1919 and then its successor, the Ministry of Health, from 1919 to 1922. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours.