Viscount Knollys, of Caversham in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1911 for the court official Francis Knollys, 1st Baron Knollys

Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys

Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, GCB, GCVO, KCMG, PC, ISO , was Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1901–1913....

, Private Secretary to the Sovereign

Private Secretary to the Sovereign

The Private Secretary to the Sovereign is the senior operational member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, as distinct from the Great Officers of the Household. The Private Secretary is the principal channel of communication with Her Majesty's Government and the...

 from 1901 to 1913. He had been previously created Baron Knollys, of Caversham in the County of Oxford, in 1902. His son, the second Viscount, served as Governor of Bermuda

Governor of Bermuda

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. the titles are held by the latter's son, the third Viscount, who succeeded in 1966.

The Viscounts Knollys are members of the prominent Knollys family

Knollys (family)

Knollys, the name of an English family descended from Sir Thomas Knollys , Lord Mayor of London. The first distinguished member of the family was Sir Francis Knollys , English statesman, son of Sir Robert Knollys, or Knolles , a courtier in the service and favour of Henry VII and Henry VIII...

 and are descended in the senior male line from William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury

William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury

Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, KG, PC was an English nobleman at the court of Queen Elizabeth I and King James...

. This earldom is considered to have become extinct on the first Earl's death but the extinction has been contested up to the present day. For more information on this, see the Knollys family

Knollys (family)

Knollys, the name of an English family descended from Sir Thomas Knollys , Lord Mayor of London. The first distinguished member of the family was Sir Francis Knollys , English statesman, son of Sir Robert Knollys, or Knolles , a courtier in the service and favour of Henry VII and Henry VIII...

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The family seat is Bramerton Hall, near Norwich

Norwich

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, Norfolk

Norfolk

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Viscounts Knollys (1911)

• Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys
  Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys
  Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, GCB, GCVO, KCMG, PC, ISO , was Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1901–1913....
  
   (1837–1924)
• Edward George William Tyrwhitt Knollys, 2nd Viscount Knollys (1895–1966)
• David Francis Dudley Knollys, 3rd Viscount Knollys (b. 1931)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son Hon. Patrick Nicholas Mark Knollys (b. 1962)

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Alexander Edward Somerset Knollys (b. 2000)