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Thomas George Knox

Thomas George Knox

Male 1824 - 1887  (63 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Thomas George Knox 
    Birth Jan 1824 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Jul 1887 
    Siblings 8 Siblings 
    Person ID I836741  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2013 

    Father James Spencer Knox,   b. 26 Apr 1789   d. 01 Mar 1862 (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Clara Barbara Beresford,   b. 1790   d. 04 Apr 1862 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 10Sep 1813 
    Family ID F370037  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Prang Yen   d. 1888 
    Marriage 1854 
    Children 
     1. Fanny Knox
     2. Caroline Knox
     3. Thomas Knox,   b. 11 Sep 1859   d. 1923 (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F370038  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2013 

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    • From Doug Thorne
      Thomas George Knox was British Consul general in Bangkok from probably 1867 not 1887 as shown in Terwiel?s history. His service in the Thai army from 1851 to 1857 was under the deputy king of Thailand and his Thai wife was a lady in waiting to one of the wives of the deputy king as well as being the daughter of a high Siamese official. Knox and his wife had three children, Fanny, Thomas and Caroline. Fanny and Thomas were educated in England from their early teens. Thomas apparently never returned to Thailand.
      Phra Preecha Konlakan was Phra Preecha?s full rank and title. It means something like Baron Engineer. His given name and surname were Sam Aang Amatayakun or Sam Aang Maude. Surnames were not in common use until the beginning of the 20th century in Thailand and I think Maude is the anglicised version of his father?s name shown as Mot in Terwiel?s history. I cannot find the source at the moment but I have a note that he was trained in engineering in Scotland. His friendship with King Chulalongkorn stems from the time that he was a page in the court of King Mongkut Chulalongkorn?s father and knew Chulalongkorn from an early age. In Minney?s novel Phra Preecha is described as having been a governor of the province of Prachinburi while Terwiel says it was his brother. It is probably poetic licence by Minney but there is no doubt that Phra Preecha had a considerable influence in Prachinburi. There is a Buddhist temple there which is named after him and one of his wives, he designed and constructed a meeting hall which is now heritage listed, there is a road named after him in Kabinburi and at the entrance to the car park in front of the police station in Prachinburi is a shrine to his memory. There must be other connections of the Amatayakun family to Prachinburi because the Amatayakun Foundation has financed the building of another temple in the grounds of which is a large chedi containing the ashes of Phra Preecha?s father and mother and an uncle. In the ground floor room of the chedi are gold covered busts of his parents and uncle. Phra Preecha?s photograph is hanging on the wall.
      Following Phra Preecha?s execution the Amatayakun family lost all its mining interests. His father had had a title of something like ?Master of the Mint?. One of Phra Preecha?s sons from another wife had been sent to the USA to be educated and to gain a degree in mining .He returned to Bangkok after the family had lost all their mining interests. As a result he turned to teaching and became a significant person in the education system.
      Fanny Knox eventually returned to Thailand with the children and lived in Bangkok until her death.
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