Athro Charles Knight (1 September 1878 - 10 May 1958) was a solicitor and local politician.
He was the son of Athro Alfred Knight, a school master from Brockley in the Kent suburbs of London. After attending Dulwich College, he studied law at Lincoln's Inn, and in 1902 qualified as a solicitor. He married Violet Evelyn Turner in 1905, and they had one daughter. By 1911 he was living in Forest Hill. He became a senior partner in the law company of Mackrell, Ward & Knight, based in the City of London.
He moved out of London to Herne Place, Sunningdale, Berkshire, but continued to be involved in London affairs.
A freeman of the City of London from 1912, from 1916 he was a member of the Corporation of London. He was a member of a number of Livery Companies. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Fletchers 1933-34, of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners 1944-45, of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers in 1947 and of the Worshipful Company of Barbers 1949-50. He was Under Sheriff of the City of London in 1919-21.
From 1934-37 he sat as a Municipal Reform Party member of the London County Council representing Islington North.
An expert on the history of the City of London and its institutions, he wrote a number of books including Cordwainer Ward in the City of London, its History and Topography (1917) and The Tallow Chandlers' Company: its Origin, and a Sketch of its History (1918)
He died at Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington, aged 79. A stained glass window in his memory was dedicated in the church of St Lawrence, Jewry on 27 April 1959. Image of his grave here.