Francis Godolphin (died about 1640)
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Henry Gally
Henry Gally, D.D.( 1696- 1769) was an English divine and classical scholar.
Happyton Bonyongwe
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Sir Thomas White, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Woollaston
White, 2 Baronet of Tuxford and Wallingwells( 3 October 1801 – 7 August 1882) was 16 years old when he succeeded his father Sir Thomas Woollaston White, 1st Bt. in his titles and estates.
Being a minor when he succeeded, he was cared for by two guardians, Sir Frederick Gustavus Fowke, Bt. of Lowesby Hall in the County of Leicestershire and his cousin Henry Gally Knight of Langold.
Gally Knight was a well- known archaeologist and the author of" Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy and Normandy", amongst others.
White attended Rugby School in Warwickshire, before joining the 16 Lancers.
Sir Thomas Palmer, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Palmer( 1540 – 1626), ‘ the Travailer, ’ was an English knight and politician.
Sir George FitzGerald, 23rd Knight of Kerry
Major Sir George Peter Maurice FitzGerald, 5th Baronet, 23rd Knight of Kerry( 27 February 1917 – 6 April 2001) was a hereditary knight and British soldier.
He was the son of Sir Arthur Henry Brinsley FitzGerald and Mary Eleanor Forester.
He was educated at Harrow School and at Sandhurst.
He fought in the Palestine Campaign in 1939, where he was mentioned in despatches.
He fought in the Second World War and was decorated with the award of Military Cross( M.C.) in 1944.
He retired from the military in 1948, with the rank of Major, late of the Irish Guards.
He succeeded to the titles of 23rd Knight of Kerry and 5th Baronet of Valentia on 30 November 1967 on the death of his father, the 22nd Knight and 4th Baronet.
He was succeeded by his son Adrian FitzGerald, the 24th Knight and 6th Baronet.
Hans Kruckow
Hans Kruckow( 1424?- 1455?) was a knight and a royal councilor in Norway.
Francis Godolphin (1540–1608)
Sir Francis Godolphin MP( 1540 – 1608) was an English politician, knight, and Member of Parliament.
John Gally Knight
John Gally Knight(" c." 1741 – 20 October 1804) was an English barrister who served in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1796.
He was the eldest son of Rev. Henry Gally, rector of St. Giles- in- the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex and educated at Eton College( 1753 – 57) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge( 1757), where he was awarded LLB in 1764 and elected fellow in 1764.
He trained in the law at Lincoln's Inn( 1756) and was called to the bar in 1765.
He was elected as a Member of Parliament( MP) for Aldborough at a by-election in January 1784, and held the seat until the 1796 general election, which he did not contest.
He was born John Gally, but adopted the Knight name and arms in 1768 on inheriting substantial properties from his mother Elizabeth, sole heiress of the Knight family of Warsop, Firbeck and elsewhere.
He inherited Firbeck Hall in Rotherham, which served as his seat.
He was unmarried.
His estate descended via his brother to his nephew Henry Gally Knight, himself later an MP for Aldborough.
Henry Gally Knight
Henry Gally Knight, F.R.S.( 2 December 1786 – 9 February 1846) was a British M.P., traveller and writer.
He was the only son of Henry Gally( afterwards Gally Knight), barrister, of Langold, and was educated at Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
He succeeded in 1808 to estates at Firbeck and Langold Park which his father had inherited in 1804 from his brother John Gally Knight.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1814 – 15.
He was the author of several Oriental tales," Ilderim, a Syrian Tale"( 1816)," Phrosyne, a Grecian Tale", and" Alashtar, an Arabian Tale"( 1817).
He was also an authority on architecture, and wrote various works on the subject, including" The Ecclesiastical Architecture of ItalyHannibal in Bithynia" and" The Normans in Sicily", which brought him more reputation than his fictions.
He was the nephew of the novelist Frances Jacson.
His best claim to fame may be the satirical poem" Ballad to the Tune of Salley in our Alley" by Lord Byron, in which Byron facetiously accuses him of being not only a poetaster, but a dandy as well.
He owned Firbeck Hall in Rotherham.
Sir Walter Scott's novel" Ivanhoe" is set nearby, and Knight may have been Scott's source of local information when he was writing the book.
He was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society on 20 May 1841.
He married Henrietta, the daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre of Grove Park, Nottinghamshire and the widow of John Hardolph Eyre.
They had no children.

Question: Are Henry Gally Knight and Happyton Bonyongwe both from the same country?
Answer: no