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[[File:Dillwyn Knox.jpg|thumb|Dillwyn Knox]]'''Alfred Dillwyn 'Dilly' Knox''' CMG (23 July 1884 – 27 February 1943) was a classics scholar at [[King's College, Cambridge]], and a British codebreaker. He was a member of the World War I Room 40 codebreaking unit, and later at [[Bletchley Park]] he worked on the cryptanalysis of Enigma ciphers until his death in 1943.

Dillwyn — known as "Dilly" — Knox was educated at Summer Fields School, [[Oxford]], and then [[Eton College]]. While there he had an affair with [[John Maynard Keynes]]. He studied classics at [[King's College, Cambridge]], and in 1909 was elected a fellow.

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[[Category:Codebreakers]]
[[Category:1884 births]]
[[Category:1943 deaths]]