Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Thomas Knight (ca. 1701 – 26 February 1781) previously Thomas Brodnax (1701–1726) and Thomas May (1727–1738) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1741. Knight was the son of William Brodnax of Godmersham, Kent and his wife Anne May and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1726, he changed his name by a 1726 Act of Parliament to May on inheriting May estates at Rawmere. In 1732 he rebuilt his seat at Godmersham. He served as Sheriff of Kent for 1729.. }
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- Thomas_Knight_(MP_for_Canterbury) comment "Thomas Knight (ca. 1701 – 26 February 1781) previously Thomas Brodnax (1701–1726) and Thomas May (1727–1738) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1741. Knight was the son of William Brodnax of Godmersham, Kent and his wife Anne May and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1726, he changed his name by a 1726 Act of Parliament to May on inheriting May estates at Rawmere. In 1732 he rebuilt his seat at Godmersham. He served as Sheriff of Kent for 1729.".