Kenneth Knowles - Wikipedia

Kenneth Davenport Knowles^[1] (9 March 1874 – 9 December 1944^[2]) was a priest of the Church of England.^[3] He was the Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1921 to 1943.^[4]

Knowles was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, at Bedford School, and at Worcester College, Oxford.^[5] He was admitted as a solicitor in 1900^[6] before entering Ely Theological College in 1905. He was ordained the following year and his first curacy was at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire after which he was Rector of Woodwalton. He was a temporary chaplain^[7] to the British Armed Forces during World War I.^[8] Later he was Rector of Brampton, then Upton and finally Diddington.^[9]

References

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^ genealogical website
^ "Deaths", The Times, 12 December 1944, p. 1.
^ London Gazette, 29 June 1926
^ "Cambridgeshire Archives". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ Who was Who 1897–2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ The Times, 3 February 1900, p. 4, "The Law Society".
^ 29 September 1916
^ "war time memories". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–41, Oxford, OUP, 1941

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Hodgson	Archdeacon of Huntingdon 1921–1943	Succeeded by William Andrewes Uthwatt

v t e Archdeacons of Huntingdon, of Huntingdon and Wisbech and of Wisbech
High Medieval	Nicholas (Archdeacon of Cambridge, Huntingdon and Hertford) Henry of Huntingdon Hugh Nicholas de Sigillo Robert de Hardres William de Cornhill Robert de Hailes/of Hailes Philip de Fauconberg Gilbert de Tantone William de Arundel T. Robert de Hicche R. Roger of Raveningham William of Newark Roger Martival John de Colonna Walter Wutton/of Wootton
Late Medieval	Arnald de le Breto Guicard de le Breto James Berkeley Richard Brinchesle William Whittlesey Pedro Cardinal Gòmez de Barroso Fortanerius Vassalli John Swynle/Swynlegh John Lincoln of Grimsby William Welborne Eudo Zouche/la Zouche John Tibbay Richard Hethe William Lassells Richard Morsby Richard Hayman Vincent Clement John Morton John Blyth Thomas Hutton Robert Sherborne Christopher Urswick William Warham John Foster John Constable William Atwater Richard Rawlins William Knight
Early modern	Richard Gwent Anthony Draycot Robert Beaumont John Bullingham Robert Condall Nathan Gifford William Laud Owen Gwyn/Gwynne Richard Holdsworth Peter Mews William Johnson Henry Downhall Richard Perrinchief John Hammond White Kennett John Sturges William Lunn Timothy Neve Charles Jenner Nicholas Cholwell Michael Tyson Thomas Parkinson Thomas Middleton James Hook John Hollingworth Henry Yorke
Late modern	Francis McDougall Gerald Vesey Thomas Hodgson Kenneth Knowles William Uthwatt James Jones Arthur Royle Dennis Page David Young Richard Sledge John Beer Hugh McCurdy, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech Richard Harlow, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech
of Wisbech (1915–2004)	Colin Campbell James Srawley George Ward Seiriol Evans John Pelloe George Fox William Patterson David Fleming Jim Rone John Beer (Acting?)

v t e Diocese of Ely
Ely Cathedral Isle of Ely Bishop's House, Ely (since 1941) Bishop Woodford House Bishop's Palace, Ely (15th century – 1941) Ely Palace, Holborn (1290–1772) Ely House, Mayfair (1776–1908)
Office holders	Dagmar Winter, Acting Bishop of Ely and Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Mark Bonney, Dean of Ely Alex Hughes, Archdeacon of Cambridge Richard Harlow, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Ely (c. 1106 – ren. 2006) Archdeacon of Bedford (1837–1914; moved to Diocese of St Albans) Archdeacon of Wisbech (1915 – c. 2004; merged into Huntingdon {& Wisbech})

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