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Henry Joseph Corbett Knight (22 June 1859 in
East India – 27 November 1920 in
Hitchin) was
Bishop of Gibraltar
[1] from 1911 until his death.
Henry Knight was born on 22 June 1859,
[2] son of the Rev. John Lister Knight.
[3] He was educated at Islington Proprietary School and
St Catharine's College, Cambridge,
[4]
[5] where he graduated tenth Classic in 1882. He was ordained in 1886.
[6] He began his career as Tutor (
Lecturer) in
Theology at
Selwyn College, Cambridge (1885–1895).
[7] After this he was
Rector of
Marnhull (1895–1901)
[8] and also
Examining Chaplain to the
Bishop of Salisbury.
[9] He then returned to
Cambridge as a
Fellow of
Corpus Christi,
[10] and Principal of the
Clergy Training School, where he remained until his appointment to the
episcopate. He was consecrated bishop on
St James's Day (25 July), by
Randall Davidson,
Archbishop of Canterbury, at
St Paul's Cathedral.
[11] A
Sub-Prelate of the
Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 27 November 1920.
[12] His brother,
Arthur Knight, was the third
Bishop of Rangoon.
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“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London,
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"Knight, Henru Joseph Corbett (KNT878HJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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^ “College histories:Selwyn College, Cambridge”Brown, A.L: London, Hutchinson & Co, 1906
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Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 566.
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The Times, Wednesday, 4 March 1896; pg. 9; Issue 34829; col F Ecclesiastical Intelligence
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"Anglican Church in Malta & Gozo". Archived from
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"Consecration at St Paul's".
Church Times. No. 2531. 28 July 1911. p. 122.
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0009-658X. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
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The Times, Monday, 29 November 1920; pg. 1; Issue 42580; col A Deaths
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