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

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]

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. 1 2 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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