He owned much property in Wiltshire and was buried at Wanborough.
The town, encompassing around 25 hectares at its peak, was located at Nythe Farm, east of the A419 adjacent to modern Swindon, although the site is usually associated with the village of Wanborough to the southeast.
On 11 April 1944, Knight began attendance at the Students' Assessment Board of the SOE at Wanborough.
West entertained many political figures at the manor, including Gladstone, Queen Victoria and Bismarck.
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Whilst nearby Puttenham church was closed for repairs its Rector, the Rev. W A Duckworth, decided to hold services in Wanborough's church.
West was also a director of the South Eastern Railway and he caused a new station, named Wanborough but actually at Normandy, to be opened in 1891.
Redlands Airfield (X2SN) is an unlicenced private airfield in Wanborough, East of Swindon, Wiltshire, a few miles from junction 15 of the M4.