Walter Knight-Adkin
- Chaplain of the Fleet
- Honorary Chaplain to the King
- Dean of Gibraltar
- 1929–1933
- 1929–1933
- 1933–1941
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- Rev Harry Kenrick Adkin (1851–1927)
- Georgina Elizabeth Knight (1849–1930)
Wells Theological College
Walter Kenrick Knight-Adkin CB OBE DL (17 August 1880 – 24 May 1957) was an 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". Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
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- ^ "No. 28475". The London Gazette. 14 March 1911. p. 2148.
- ^ With the title of Archdeacon of the Royal Navy
- ^ "Deans of Gibraltar". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "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 November 1984; pg. 34; Issue 61992; col A Deaths:Elizabeth Cuff Knight-Adkin
- ^ "Descendants of James Kenrick (May 1757 - 26 Sep 1824)". Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ Navy List
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Preceded by | Chaplain of the Fleet 1929–1933 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Robert McKew | Honorary Chaplain to the King 1929 – 1933 | Succeeded by Charles Peshall |
Preceded by | Dean of Gibraltar 1933 – 1941 | Succeeded by |
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- William Guise-Tucker
- John Cawston
- John Harbord
- John Cox-Edwards
- John Berry
- Stuart Harris
- Hugh Wood
- Charles Ingles
- Robert McKew
- Walter Knight-Adkin
- Charles Peshall
- Arthur Gilbertson
- Thomas Crick
- John Wilson
- Leonard Coulshaw
- Noel Chamberlain
- Darrell Bunt
- John Armstrong
- Raymond Richardson
- Christopher Prior
- Ambrose Weekes
- Chandos Morgan
- Basil O'Ferrall
- Raymond Roberts
- Noël Jones
- Michael Henley
- Michael Bucks
- Simon Golding
- Charles Stewart
- Barry Hammett
- John Green
- Scott Brown
- Ian Wheatley
- Martyn Gough
- Andrew Hillier
- Simon Golding, Chaplain of the Fleet
- Simon Golding, Principal Anglican Chaplain
- Simon Golding, CF
- Barry Hammett, CF
- John Green, CF
- Martin Poll, Deputy CF & PAC
- Ian Wheatley, DCF & PAC
- Martyn Gough, CF
- Andrew Hillier, CF