Henry Knight

Who was Henry Knight?

Henry Joseph Corbett Knight was Bishop of Gibraltar from 1911 until his death.

Henry Knight was born on June 22, 1859, son of the Rev. John Lister Knight. He was educated at Islington Proprietary School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge before ordination in 1886. He began his career as a Lecturer in Theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge. After this he was Rector of Marnhull and also Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury. He then returned to Cambridge as a Fellow of Corpus Christi where he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 27 November 1920. His brother, Arthur Mesac Knight, was the third Bishop of Rangoon.