| Sir Joseph Knight | |
| Birth Date: | c.1708 |
| Death Date: | 18 July 1775 |
| Allegiance: | Great Britain |
| Serviceyears: | 1727–1775 |
| Rank: | Rear-admiral |
| Branch: | Royal Navy |
| Commands: | HMS Guarland's Prize East Indies Station |
| Battles: | |
Rear-Admiral Sir Joseph Knight (c.1708 – 18 July 1775) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from 1752 to 1754.
Knight joined the Royal Navy in 1727. Promoted to captain on 31 July 1746, he was given command of the fourth-rate and then, later that year, the fourth-rate, in which he took part in the raid on Lorient in September 1746 and then sailed out to the far east and served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from 1752 to 1754.[1] He went on to command, successively, the fifth-rate, the third-rate (in which he took part in the capture of Gorée in 1758), the fourth-rate, the third-rate (in which he took part in the siege of Havana in 1762), the third-rate and the second-rate .[2]
His daughter was the author, Ellis Cornelia Knight.[3]