Person    | Male  Born 1511  Died 19/7/1596

Sir Francis Knollys

Treasurer of the Royal Household. Served Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Father to Viscount Wallingford. Surname pronounced "Noles" - another shibboleth for that Nazi spy disguised as one of us.

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Sir Francis Knollys

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