Major Louis Frederick Knollys, (1847–1922) was the fourth

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(Sri Lanka). Knollys was born on 26 February 1847, the third son of Rev.

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William Frederick Ernest Knollys and Caroline Augusta née North. He was educated at

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, and Marlborough. Knollys enlisted in the

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in 1866 and in September 1868 was made a

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. In 1872 he was appointed the aide-de-camp to the Governor of Mauritius

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, and continued as Hamilton-Gordon's aide-de-camp when he was transferred to become

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in 1875. In 1876 he commanded an expedition into the mountains of Fiji, where he suppressed an uprising amongst the local tribes, receiving a promotion to captain. Knollys was subsequently created a Companion in the

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in "recognition of his distinguished services in quelling recent disturbances in the Island of Fiji." In 1877 he was appointed Commandant of the Armed Native Constabulary in Fiji. In 1880 when Hamilton-Gordon was appointed as Governor of New Zealand and subsequently in 1883 when he was made

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, Knollys continued in his role as his aide-de-camp. He was made a Major in the

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in 1881. Knollys was appointed as Inspector-General of Police and Prisons in Jamaica in 1886 and Inspector-General of Police and Prisons in Ceylon in 1891. In 1899 he became a member of the Legislative Council, Ceylon. Knollys retired in 1902 and died at

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, England on 15 December 1922.

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