Joseph Knight (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Joseph Knight was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from 1752 to 1754.

Naval career

Knight joined the Royal Navy in 1727. Promoted to captain on 31 July 1746, he was given command of the fourth-rate and then, later that year, the fourth-rate, in which he took part in the raid on Lorient in September 1746 and then sailed out to the far east and served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from 1752 to 1754. He went on to command, successively, the fifth-rate, the third-rate , the fourth-rate, the third-rate , the third-rate and the second-rate.
His daughter was the author Ellis Cornelia Knight.