Nicholas Knollys, 3rd Earl of Banbury was born on 3 January 1630/31 at Lord Vaux's house, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England. He was the son of William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury and Lady Elizabeth Howard. He m.(1) Lady Isabella Blount, daughter of Montjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport and Hon. Anne Boteler and (2) Anne Sherard, daughter of William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard and Abigail Cave, on 4 October 1655 at Stapleford, Leicestershire, England. He died on 14 March 1673/74 at age 43 at Boughton, Northamptonshire, England.
There were doubts that Nicholas, and his younger brother, Edward, were in fact the legitimate sons of William, 1st Earl of Banbury, and were suspected to be the illegitimate sons of Edward Vaux, 4th Lord Vaux.
Nicholas succeeded his brother as 3rd Earl of Banbury, co. Oxford [E., 1626] before June 1645. Between June 1660 and November 1660 he sat repeatedly in the House of Lords but in May 1661 no writ to sit in Parliament was issued to him because his parentage was in dispute. Nicholas petitioned the Privileges Committee which found that he was legitimate, but the House of Lords repeatedly tried to deprive him of his title on the grounds of illegitimacy, and his son Charles was denied his titles.
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