Walter Knight-Adkin

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]

Very Reverend

Walter Kenrick Knight-Adkin

CB OBE DL KHCh RN
Archdeacon of the Royal Navy
Appointed
  • Chaplain of the Fleet
  • Honorary Chaplain to the King
  • Dean of Gibraltar
In office
  • 1929–1933
  • 1929–1933
  • 1933–1941
Orders
OrdinationJune 1908, St Paul's Cathedral, London
Personal details
Born(1880-08-17)17 August 1880
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Died24 May 1957(1957-05-24) (aged 67)
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
NationalityBritish
DenominationChurch of England
Parents
  • Rev Harry Kenrick Adkin (1851–1927)
  • Georgina Elizabeth Knight (1849–1930)
SpouseElizabeth Cuff Napier (1891–1984)
ChildrenPeter Napier Knight-Adkin (1917–1918)
OccupationNaval chaplain
EducationCheltenham College
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
Wells Theological College

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]

References
  1. "Role overseas". Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. "No. 28475". The London Gazette. 14 March 1911. p. 2148.
  4. With the title of Archdeacon of the Royal Navy
  5. "Deans of Gibraltar". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
  6. "No. 33506". The London Gazette. 14 June 1929. p. 3943.
  7. "Rev. W. K. Knightadkin." Times [London, England] 27 May 1957
  8. "No. 38963". The London Gazette. 7 July 1950. p. 3512.
  9. The Times, Monday, 27 May 1957; pg. 14; Issue 53851; col E
  10. The Times, Wednesday, 21 November 1984; pg. 34; Issue 61992; col A Deaths:Elizabeth Cuff Knight-Adkin
  11. "Descendants of James Kenrick (May 1757 - 26 Sep 1824)". Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  12. Navy List
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