There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Knowles, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008.

The Knowles Baronetcy, of Lovell Hill in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 31 October 1765 for Charles Knowles, Admiral of the White, Rear-Admiral of Great Britain, Governor of Jamaica and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Gatton

Gatton (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He was a descendant of Charles Knollys, titular fourth Earl of Banbury

Earl of Banbury

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 (see also Knollys family

Knollys (family)

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). The second Baronet was an Admiral in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. The third Baronet was a mathematician and Fellow of the Royal Society

Royal Society

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. The fourth Baronet was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. The fifth Baronet was a prehistorian

Prehistory

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. The sixth Baronet was a Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor of Comparative Endocrinology

Endocrinology

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 at the University of Birmingham

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 and Professor of Anatomy

Anatomy

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 at King's College London

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. The seventh Baronet is an architect whose London practice was established in 1984.

The Knowles Baronetcy, of Westwood in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 December 1903 for Lees Knowles

Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet

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, Conservative

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 Member of Parliament for Salford West

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 from 1886 to 1906. The title became extinct on his death in 1928.

Knowles Baronets, of Lovell Hill (1765)

Lovell Hill was the family residence at Cranbourne

Cranbourne, Berkshire

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 in Berkshire

Berkshire

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• Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet (1704-1777)
• Sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Charles Knowles, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2nd Baronet GCB was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral...
  
  (1754-1831)
• Sir Francis Charles Knowles, 3rd Baronet (1802-1892)
• Sir Charles George Frederick Knowles, 4th Baronet (1832-1918)
• Sir Francis Howe Seymour Knowles, 5th Baronet (1886-1953)
• Sir Francis Gerald William Knowles, 6th Baronet (1915-1974)
• Sir Charles Francis Knowles, 7th Baronet (b. 1951)