Edward Knight (born Edward Austen, 10 May 1794 – 5 November 1879) was the nephew of Jane Austen and an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1828. He was born in Godmersham, Kent, the eldest son of Edward Austen Knight, who had added the additional surname of Knight in 1812 when he inherited the Chawton House estate from Thomas Knight. Edward junior inherited Chawton on his father's death in 1852. Knight's brothers, George Thomas, Henry and Brook, sons Philip and Wyndham and nephew Gerald Portal all played first-class cricket.