Edmund Arbuthnott Knox
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Edmund Arbuthnott Knox (6 December 1847 – 16 January 1937) was the fourth Bishop of Manchester, from 1903 to 1921. He was described as a prominent evangelical [1].
Born in Bangalore, the second son of Reverend George Knox and Mary Anne Reynolds, he served in India and had close connexions with the Church Missionary Society; he lived for a short time in Surrey and was Sub-Warden of Merton College, Oxford. He was rector of St Wilfrid's Church in Kibworth from 1884 to 1891, and afterwards rector of Aston in Birmingham.
He married Ellen Penelope French (1854–1892), daughter of Thomas Valpy French, Bishop of Lahore. He was father of six children:
- Ethel Knox (1879–1958)
- Edmund George Valpy Knox (1881–1971) was as E. V. Knox Editor of Punch
- Winnifred Frances Knox (1882–1961)
- Alfred Dillwyn Knox (1883–1943), known as "Dilly", a classical scholar and codebreaker in both World War I and II
- Wilfred Lawrence Knox (1886–1950)
- Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1888–1957), Roman Catholic Priest and translator of the Bible.
[edit] References
- ^ Cross & Livingstone (1984). The Oxford Dictionary of The Christian Church, 786.
- Anecdotal stories about St. Wilfrid's and its Rectors. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
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| Preceded by James Moorhouse |
Bishop of Manchester 1903–1921 |
Succeeded by William Temple |
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