Kenneth Knowles

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

↑ genealogical website
↑ "Deaths", The Times, 12 December 1944, p1.
↑ London Gazette, 29 June 1926
↑ Cambridgeshire Archives
↑ Who was Who 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ The Times, 3 February 1900, p4, "The Law Society".
↑ 29 September 1916
↑ war time memories
↑ 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

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 The Hon 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

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?)

Diocese of Ely

Ely Cathedral Isle of Ely Bishop's House, Ely Bishop Woodford House

Office holders	The Bishop of Ely, Stephen Conway The Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon, David Thomson AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Ely, Mark Bonney The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech, Hugh McCurdy The Archdeacon of Cambridge, Alex Hughes

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Ely (c. 1106–ren. 2006) Archdeacon of Bedford (1837–1914) Archdeacon of Wisbech (1915–c. 2002)