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]
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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