Joseph Knight (Royal Navy officer)

Rear-Admiral Sir Joseph Knight (c.1708 – 8 September 1775) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from 1752 to 1754.

Rear-Admiral Sir Joseph Knight
Born	c.1708
Died	8 September 1775
Allegiance	Great Britain
Branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1727–1775
Rank	Rear-Admiral
Commands	HMS Guarland's Prize HMS Augusta HMS Ruby East Indies Station HMS Rainbow HMS Fougueux HMS Princess Mary HMS Belleisle HMS Ramillies HMS Ocean
Battles / wars	War of the Austrian Succession Raid on Lorient Seven Years' War Capture of Gorée Siege of Havana

Naval career

Knight joined the Royal Navy in 1727. Promoted to captain on 31 July 1746, he was given command of the fourth-rate HMS Augusta and then, later that year, the fourth-rate HMS Ruby, 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.^[1] He went on to command, successively, the fifth-rate HMS Rainbow, the third-rate HMS Fougueux (in which he took part in the capture of Gorée in 1758), the fourth-rate HMS Princess Mary, the third-rate HMS Belleisle (in which he took part in the siege of Havana in 1762), the third-rate HMS Ramillies and the second-rate HMS Ocean.^[2]

His daughter was the author Ellis Cornelia Knight.^[3]