Walter Knight-Adkin

The Venerable

Walter Knight-Adkin

CB OBE QHC DL
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.

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