# Sir Robert Knolles — The White Company character guide

> Sir Robert Knolles in The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sir Robert, the rugged Sir Robert Knolles

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii-how-the-white-company-set-forth-to-the-wars

## Who they are

A rugged English freebooter and commander.

## In the story

### [XIX: How There Was Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xix-how-there-was-stir-at-the-abbey-of-st-andrew-s)

Described as a famous warrior who rose from low ranks; the prince whispers to him and Sir Hugh Calverley, and they hasten from the room.

### [How the Army Made the Passage of Roncesvalles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxiii-how-the-army-made-the-passage-of-roncesvalles)

Mentioned as one of the war-hardened veterans heading the column through the pass.

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