Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Rt. Hon. Thomas Knox, of Dungannon

Merchant
Male Abt 1641 - 1728  (~ 87 years)

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  • Name Thomas Knox 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1641 
    Occupation Merchant 
    Death 1728  [1] 
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2020 

    Wife Mary Brice
              b. Abt 1651  
              d. 21 Oct 1717 (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2018 

  • Notes 
    • From thepeerage.com:
      He was offered a peerage at the accession of King George I but declined. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Dungannon, County Tyrone. He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.). He purchased land in Dungannon, County Tyrone in 1692. He was recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms as as male representative of the Knoxes of Ranfurley, and matriculated his arms at the Lyons Court as male representative of the Knoxes of Ranfurley on 15 July 1693.


      Resigned his Belfast burgesship in favour of Edward Brice, his brother-in-law, in 1697.

      Full biography available from The Dictionary of Irish Biography

  • Sources 
    1. [S0165] John B. Burke, Burke's Peerage, (London, 1849), Page 877.