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Founded by Howard Frank in 1896.1
The firm was founded in London by John Knight, Howard Frank and William Rutley in 1896. It arranged the sale of the Crystal Palace to Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth for £210,000 in 1911.
Knight Frank managed the sale of the Duke of York's Headquarters in Chelsea, London, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, for 2000 and, in February 2012, it presented Battersea Power Station to the global property market.
The firm then participated in the founding of OnTheMarket in 2013. It won the instruction to sell 231 prime residential units within the Royal Atlantis on the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, in 2015. Rennie Property joined Knight Frank’s global network in 2021.
The firm also managed the sale of Ayton Castle to comedian, Alan Carr, in February 2026.
From Wikipedia’s article on Knight Frank, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4