Kenneth Davenport Knowles (9 March 1874 – 9 December 1944) was a priest of the

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. He was the

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from 1921 to 1943. Knowles was educated at

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, at

Bedford School Bedford School is a 7–18 Single-sex education, boys Public school (United Kingdom), public school in the county town of Bedford in England. Founded in 1552, it is the oldest of four independent schools in Bedford run by the Harpur Trust. Bed ...

, and at

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. He was admitted as a

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in 1900 before entering

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in 1905. He was

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the following year and his first curacy was at

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after which he was Rector of Woodwalton. He was a temporary

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to the

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during

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. Later he was Rector of

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, then Upton and finally

Diddington Diddington is a small village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Diddington lies approximately south-west of Huntingdon, near to Buckden. Diddington is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridge ...

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1940–41'', Oxford,

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, 1941

References

1874 births People educated at The King's School, Canterbury People educated at Bedford School Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Alumni of Ely Theological College English solicitors English military chaplains Archdeacons of Huntingdon 1944 deaths World War I chaplains {{Canterbury-archdeacon-19C-stub