H. M. Knight Explained

Sir Harold Knight
Nationality:Australian
Order:3rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
Term Start:July 1975
Term End:August 1982
Predecessor:J. G. Phillips
Successor:R. A. Johnston
Birth Name:Harold Murray Knight
Birth Date:13 August 1919[1]
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma Mater:University of Melbourne
Death Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse:Gwenyth Catherine Knight
Profession:Economist
Allegiance:Australia
Branch:Australian Army (1940–43)
Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (1943–46)
Serviceyears:1940–1946
Rank:Lieutenant
Unit:Royal Australian Engineers

Mawards:Distinguished Service Cross

Sir Harold Murray Knight (13 August 191919 June 2015) was an Australian economist. He was the third Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, serving from 1975 to 1982.[2]

He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne (1933–1935)[3] and Melbourne University where he was resident at Trinity College. He graduated with a Master of Commerce degree.

During World War II, Knight enlisted in the Australian Army on 1 July 1940.[4] In 1943, he transferred to the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, where he served on the survey ship and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for distinguished service in successful survey work under dangerous conditions in the Far East.

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the New Year's Day Honours of 1980.[5]

He was the grandfather of novelist Dominic Knight, and of artist Jasper Knight, whose portrait of him was shortlisted for the Archibald Prize in 2006.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=neKm1X6YPY0C&dq=Harold+Murray+Knight+august+1919&pg=PA906 International Who's Who 2004
  2. Web site: RBA: Passing of Sir Harold Knight KBE DSC. rba.gov.au.
  3. James Mitchell, A Deepening Roar – Scotch College, Melbourne, 1851–2001, Allen & Unwin, 2001, pages 531 and 537
  4. Web site: KNIGHT, HAROLD MURRAY. WW2 Nominal Roll. Department of Veterans' Affairs. 28 June 2015.
  5. Web site: It's an Honour – Honours – Search Australian Honours. itsanhonour.gov.au.
  6. Web site: Jasper Knight. nsw.gov.au.