Kenneth Knowles

Who was Kenneth Knowles?

Kenneth Davenport Knowles 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 and 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.