{{Short description|British politician (1877–1936)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}} '''George Wilfrid Holford Knight''' (23 April 1877 – 26 April 1936) was Liberal parliamentary candidate and later Labour Party then National Labour MP for Nottingham South.
Knight was educated at the University of London before becoming a barrister with Middle Temple. He was attached to the Central Criminal Court from 1911 to 1930, and then served as Recorder of West Ham from 1930 to 1937.<ref name="stenton">{{cite book |last1=Stenton |first1=Michael |last2=Lees |first2=Stephen |title=Who's Who of British Members of Parliament |volume=III |date=1979 |publisher=Harvester Press |location=Brighton |isbn=0855273259 |page=200}}</ref>
He first fought Wokingham in January 1910, and Bromley in 1918, both as a Liberal. He then moved to the Labour Party, contesting Hackney South twice in 1922, and Plymouth Devonport in 1924.<ref name="stenton" /> He won Nottingham South for Labour from the Conservatives in 1929, held the seat as a National Labour candidate in 1931, but stood down in 1935.<ref name ="Rayment" />
==References== {{Reflist| refs = <ref name ="Rayment">{{Rayment-hc|N|3|date=April 2015}}</ref> }}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef | before = Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck }} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Nottingham South | years = 1929 – 1935 }} {{s-aft | after = Frank Markham }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Knight, Holford}} Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:1877 births Category:1936 deaths Category:Politicians from Nottingham Category:Place of death missing Category:UK MPs 1929–1931 Category:UK MPs 1931–1935 Category:Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Category:National Labour (UK) politicians
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