Edward Knollys, 2nd Viscount Knollys

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Knollys
The Right Honourable The Viscount Knollys
Governor of Bermuda
	In office; 1941–1943

Edward George William Tyrwhitt Knollys, 2nd Viscount Knollys, GCMG, MBE, DFC (16 January 1895 – 3 December 1966) was a British peer, public servant, and businessman. He was Governor of Bermuda from 1941 to 1943.

The eldest son of Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, Private Secretary to the Sovereign and of Lady Knollys (formerly the Honourable Ardyn Mary Tyrwhitt, daughter of Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet and Harriet Wilson, 12th Baroness Berners), Edward Knollys was educated at Harrow School and New College, Oxford. He was a page of honour to King Edward VII from 1904 to 1910 and to King George V from 1910 to 1911, carrying the King's train at the latter's coronation in 1911.[1][2]

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Portraits of Edward George William Tyrwhitt Knollys, 2nd Viscount Knollys at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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[2] Portraits of Edward George William Tyrwhitt Knollys, 2nd Viscount Knollys at the National Portrait Gallery, London