Major-General Sir Alfred Knox KCB, CMG
Knox was born in 1870. He was a career British military officer and later a Conservative Party politician.
He was born in Ulster. He joined the British Army and was posted to India. He was then appointed British Military Attache to Russia in 1911. He was a fluent Russian speaker. He became a liaison officer with the Russian Army during the Great War. He is depicted in Solzhenitsyn's epic book "1914" as a somewhat troublesome attache to General Samsonov during the East Prussian campaign early in the war.
During the October Revolution he witnessed the Bolsheviks taking the Winter Palace on 25th October (7th November) 1917.
After the war, he was elected Tory M.P. for Wycombe in the 1924 General Election; he held the seat until the 1945 Election.
In the Thirties he argued against Indian independence. He also campaigned against the rise of Hitler, and in favour of British re-armament. He remained an opponent of communism throughout his career. He died in 1964.
