He represented Ludlow till 1806. He was a supporter of FOX, upon whom he wrote a Monody. He was never married, and he was succeeded in his fine property, including Downton Castle, near Ludlow, &c., on his death in 1824, by his brother, Thomas Andrew Knight, one of the most scientific of horticulturists, and he in turn was succeeded by his grandson, Andrew Johnes Rouse Boughton, second son of the late Sir W. E. Rouse Boughton, Bart., who added by royal license in 1856 the name of Knight to his patronymic.—ED.] [The drama (here nicknamed _The Reformed Housekeeper_), but entitled by the author “_Misanthropy and Repentance_,” was produced at Drury Lane Theatre, Sheridan being then lessee, as “_The Stranger_,” on the 24th March, 1798. The following was the cast:—_The Stranger_, J. P. Kemble; _Baron Steinfort_, John Palmer; _Francis_, R. Palmer; _Peter_, Suett; _Tobias_, J. Aikin; _Solomon_, Wewitzer; _Count Wintersen_, Barrymore; _Mrs. Haller_, Mrs. Siddons; _Countess Wintersen_, Mrs. Goodall; _Charlotte_, Miss Stuart. It was considered by competent authorities as one of Kemble’s finest efforts, and was performed on twenty-six successive nights. Some of our most eminent actors and actresses have essayed the principal parts. Miss O’Neill made her last appearance on the stage in the character of Mrs. Haller, 13th of July, 1818. The acting version purported to be altered from the German by Benj. Thompson (afterwards Count Rumford), but it is likely that all or most of the alterations came from the skilful hands of Sheridan, assisted by Kemble. The pathetic song introduced, “_I have a silent sorrow here_,” was written by the former. Two other versions of the drama appeared in the year 1798—one by A. Schinck, and the other by G. Papendick—but neither has been acted. Kotzebue tells us in his _Autobiography_ that this play of his was acted at the Imperial Palace of _The Hermitage_, St. Petersburg, under his superintendence while manager of the Imperial Company of German Comedians, and excited visible emotion in the Emperor Paul. He himself saw it acted at Tobolsk during his exile in Siberia. The vast and splendid palace of _The Hermitage_ is now given up to the Arts. It contains the enormous collection of Pictures accumulated by the Russian sovereigns (including the Houghton Gallery formed by Sir Robert Walpole), together with a Gallery of Sculpture, one of the finest assortments of Antique Gems in the world, a museum of Grecian and Etruscan Antiquities, and a library of rare Books and Manuscripts.