Kenneth Davenport Knowles (9 March 1874 – 9 December 1944) was a priest of the Church of England. He was the Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1921 to 1943.
Knowles was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, at Bedford School, and at Worcester College, Oxford. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1900 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 to the British Armed Forces during World War I. Later he was Rector of Brampton, then Upton and finally Diddington.
References
- 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
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