Walter Knight-Adkin
Very Reverend Walter Kenrick Knight-Adkin CB OBE DL KHCh RN | |
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| Archdeacon of the Royal Navy | |
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| Ordination | June 1908, St Paul's Cathedral, London |
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| Born | August 17, 1880 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | May 24, 1957 (aged 67) Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Church of England |
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| Spouse | Elizabeth Cuff Napier (1891–1984) |
| Children | Peter Napier Knight-Adkin (1917–1918) |
| Occupation | Naval chaplain |
| Education | Cheltenham College |
| Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford Wells Theological College |
The Very Reverend Walter Kenrick Knight-Adkin CB OBE DL (17 August 1880 – 24 May 1957) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th Century.[1]
Ecclesiastical career
Born in Cheltenham, Knight-Adkin was educated at Cheltenham College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[2] He did his pastoral training at Wells Theological College. Ordained in June 1908 at St Paul's Cathedral in London, he was a Curate at Kentish Town before commencing a long period of service on 31 April 1910[3] as a Chaplain with the Royal Navy rising to become Chaplain of the Fleet[4] from 1929 to 1933, after which he was Dean of Gibraltar.[5] Evacuated to England in 1941 due to illness, he became civilian Vicar of Sparkwell then Chaplain to the Lord Mayor of Bristol at St Mark`s Church, College Green.
He was awarded the OBE in 1919 and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1932. On 25 January 1929 he was appointed as Honorary Chaplain to HM King George V.[6] He was an Honorary Canon of Portsmouth Cathedral[7] and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucester and of Bristol on 3 June 1950.[8]
Family
Knight-Adkin was the second son of the Rev Harry Kenrick Knight-Adkin (1851–1928) and Georgina Elizabeth Knight (1849–1930). He was born in Cheltenham on 17 August 1880.[9]
He married Elizabeth Cuff Napier (1891–1984) at St. Andrew's-by-the-Green, Glasgow on 20 December 1915. His bride was the daughter of Colonel Alexander Napier RAMC. They had one child, Peter Napier Knight-Adkin, who died at Portsmouth in 1918.
Walter died at his home at 17 Miles Road, Bristol on 24 May 1957.[9] His wife was to live a further 27 years.[10]
His elder brother was the war poet James Harry Knight-Adkin. His younger brother, Frederick John Knight-Adkin, after a period working as a journalist and author in New York, emigrated to Argentina where he became a successful cattle rancher. He had two sisters, Georgina Noel Knight-Adkin, a photographer in Bristol, and Violet Doris Knight-Adkin who died at the age of 19.[11]
Naval career
- 1910 HMS Lancaster
- 1912 HMS Victory
- 1913 HMS Conqueror
- 1916 HMS Victory
- 1919 HMS Revenge
- 1920 RN College Dartmouth
- 1923 HMS Queen Elizabeth
- 1924 HMS Victory
- 1929 Royal Naval College, Greenwich[12]
References
- ^ Role overseas at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 July 2009)
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "No. 28475". The London Gazette. 14 March 1911. p. 2148.
- ^ With the title of Archdeacon of the Royal Navy
- ^ Deans of Gibraltar
- ^ "No. 33506". The London Gazette. 14 June 1929. p. 3943.
- ^ "Rev. W. K. Knightadkin." Times [London, England] 27 May 1957
- ^ "No. 38963". The London Gazette. 7 July 1950. p. 3512.
- ^ a b The Times, Monday, 27 May 1957; pg. 14; Issue 53851; col E
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, 21 Nov 1984; pg. 34; Issue 61992; col A Deaths:Elizabeth Cuff Knight-Adkin
- ^ http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/WynnHall/james.html
- ^ Navy List
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1880 births
- People educated at Cheltenham College
- Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
- Church of England archdeacons (military)
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Anglican deans
- Deans of Gibraltar
- Honorary Chaplains to the King
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- 1957 deaths
- Chaplains of the Fleet
- World War I chaplains
- Alumni of Wells Theological College