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Thomas Knox Esq^r of Dungannon in the Kingdom of Ireland
where he Settled.

William Knox Merchant in Glasgow whom the Drawer of
this Memorial well knew. He dyed without Issue in the
Month of April 1728, Aged 76. He left a Considerable
money Estate to his Nephew Thomas Knox Esq^r in Ireland.

There was a Third Son John Knox Esqr who went over And
Settled in Ireland near his Brother Mr. Knox of Dungannon
where he got a Good Estate which is possessed by his Son
and Thomas Knox Esq^r.

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Thomas Knox of Dungannon Esq^r who has the Character
of one of the Worthyest Gentleman of his time that his
Countrey had produced or any Other. He Settled altogether
in Ireland where he got a fine Estate at Dungannon in the
County of Tyrone. He was all his life long firmly Attached
to the Protestant Interest and Distinguished himself eminently
that way in the Reign of King James the Seventh As he
had always the Settlement of the Crown in the protestant
Line much at heart So when he Saw that Settled by Act of
Parliament no man had Greater Joy or Expressed more Satis-
faction in it as the Surest and firmest Bulwark of the Religion
and Liberties of the Subject Mr. Knox eminently Distinguished
himself in his Zeal in the Latter end of the Reign of Queen
Ann in Mentaining and Suporting the Right of Succession in
the Illustrious House of Hanover and even Lessened his Estate
at Least for a Time in Making Representatives for the House
of Commons in Ireland that were all firm to the Protestant
Succession. Upon the Accession of King George the first to
the Croun Mr. Knox's eminent Merit and Services having
been Justly Represented and Laid before his Majesty His
Majesty had So due a Sense of his great merit as he proposed
to raise him to be a Peer of the Realm of Ireland and named
him one of the Lords of his most Honourable Privy Council.
By reason of his great Age and that he had no heir Male of
his own Bodie and even from an Excess of Modesty he Declined
the Honour of Peerage which could not have Subsisted long
Since Dignities in that Kingdom as Conferred on the Patentee
and the heirs Male of their Bodies not Descendable to heirs of
Line and Law without a Special Limitation. But tho' Mr.