<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UJohn Knight wazalelwa eDundee ngo-February 1747, indodana kaRear-Admiral Joseph Knight nomkakhe, uJean Hay. Ngo-1758, eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala, walandela uyise enkonzweni neRoyal Navy ebhodini i-HMS Tartar, ebamba iqhaza  <response>: Kwahlaselwa iCherbourg ngalowo nyaka phakathi neMpi Yeminyaka Eyisikhombisa. UNight wahlala noyise iminyaka emihlanu eyengeziwe, waze wathuthela ekupheleni kwempi ngo-1763 e-HMS Romney esiteshini saseNyakatho Melika. Ngaphandle kweNyakatho Melika, uKnight wabamba iqhaza emisebenzini yokuhlola futhi nakuba abuyela eYurophu eminyakeni ethile kamuva, wabuyela eNyakatho Melika ngo-1775, ekuqaleni kweMpi Yenkululeko YaseMelika. 