Sir James Knott

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    Article by by Pat Farnaby. "James Knott, was born on the 31st of January 1855, at Howdon on Tyne. He was the eldest of ten children. His father, Matthew, was a Customs Searcher and his mother's name was Margaret. He was educated at the Scotch School in North Shields, which he left at the age of 14. He had other family in the area, including an uncle who worked in Howdon Ropeworks, and another who was the only chemist and druggist in Willington Quay. At the age of 14 James Knott found a job as an office boy in a shipbroker's office on Newcastle Quayside. At the age of 19 he he started as a shipbroker..."
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    Heddon on the Wall Local History Society
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
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