![]() Stephen was educated at Newbury Grammar School. His grandfather was in the employ of the Kennet and Avon Canal Co., and lived at Weighbridge House at the Wharf. His great grandfather was a stage coach driver between Newbury and London. Stephen Knight came of a family identified with the town for generations. In this office we have lost a good a good friend and cheery visitor, who was always ready to advise and place his great knowledge of bees at the service of the public through the Newbury Weekly News. Although he was in his 80th year, he had by no means reached the end of his usefulness and will be much missed in the town. He was present at a Masonic gathering on Thursday evening and was found dead soon after getting up the next morning. ![]() Knight was Mayor of the Borough 34 years ago, both his father and uncle having preceded him in the mayoral office, to which he was further linked by an ancestor on his mother's side, Thomas Paradise, who was Mayor as far back as 1678. By the death of Captain Stephen Knight, of Holland House, Stroud Green, the town had lost an outstanding personality. ![]()
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