page_title: Knutsford
section_title: 17th and 18th century
hierarchical_section_title: Knutsford / Notable people / 17th and 18th century
caption_attribution_description: Drawing from painting dated 1665
context_page_description: Knutsford is a town in Cheshire, England, 14 miles south-west of Manchester and 9 miles north-west of Macclesfield. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,191.
context_section_description: Sir Peter Leycester, 1st Baronet (1614 in Nether Tabley – 1678) an English antiquarian and historian
  Edward Penny RA (1714 in Knutsford – 1791) an English portrait and historical painter, one of the founder members of the Royal Academy 
  James Neild (1744 in Knutsford – 1814) an English jeweller, prison reformer and  philanthropist.
  John Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley (1762 in Tabley House – 1827) an English landowner, politician, amateur artist and patron of the arts.
  Selina Davenport (1779–1859) an English novelist until 1834 when she ran a tiny shop in Knutsford
  Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet FRS (1788 in Knutsford – 1873) a British physician and travel writer
caption: Peter Leycester in 1665
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