Henry Knight (bishop)

Henry Joseph Corbett Knight (22 June 1859, East India – 27 November 1920, Hitchin) was Bishop of Gibraltar [1] from 1911 until his death.

Henry Knight was born on June 22, 1859,[2] son of the Rev. John Lister Knight.[3] He was educated at Islington Proprietary School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge[4][5] before ordination in 1886.[6] He began his career as a Lecturer in Theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge.[7] After this he was Rector of Marnhull and also Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury.[8] He then returned to Cambridge as a Fellow of Corpus Christi[9] where he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 27 November 1920.[10] His brother, Arthur Mesac Knight, was the third Bishop of Rangoon.

Notes

  1. ↑ Bishops of Gibraltar
  2. ↑ Genealogy of the Swete Family
  3. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ↑ The Times, Friday, Jun 19, 1891; pg. 10; Issue 33355; col B University Intelligence
  5. ↑ "Knight, Henru Joseph Corbett (KNT878HJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  7. ↑ “College histories:Selwyn College, Cambridge”Brown, A.L: London, Hutchinson & Co, 1906
  8. ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Mar 04, 1896; pg. 9; Issue 34829; col F Ecclesiastical Intelligence
  9. ↑ Anglican Church in Malta & Gozo
  10. ↑ The Times, Monday, Nov 29, 1920; pg. 1; Issue 42580; col A Deaths
Church of England titles
Preceded by
William Edward Collins		 Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe
1911– 1920 		Succeeded by
John Harold Greig