Knapp, Sir Arthur Rowland, son of Lieut.-Col. Charles Barrett Knapp, of Netley, Hants, by Sophia, daughter of William Macdonnell, of Dublin; b. Dec. 10, 1870; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1884; Capt. of the School 1888; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1889, matric. Oct. 11, 1889; passed into the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1889; arrived in India ov. 20, 1891, and served in Madras as Asst. Collector and Magistrate; Under Secretary to the Government Feb. 1899; Sub-Collector and joint Magistrate Nov. 1904; Collector and Magistrate Nov. 1908; Secretary to the Government Revenue Dept. Jan. 1917, confirmed April 1918; Chief Secretary to the Government Aug. 1919; a Commissioner, Malabar Rebellion, 1921; Member of Executive Council of Governor of Madras 1922-5; resigned 1925; C.B.E. June 3, 1919; C. S. I. Jan. 2, 1922; K.C. l. E. Jan. 1, 1924; a great authority on the portraits of Warren Hastings and organiser of the Centenary Meeting up School and a remarkable Exhibition of Hastings' relics up Ashburnham in 1932; a Governor of the School 1953; a Busby Trustee 1939-53; m. Aug. 9, 1899, Florence Annie, second daughter of the Rev. Edward Moore, D.D., Canon of Canterbury, sometime Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; d. May 22, 1954.
KITCHING, ROBERT, brother of Francis Kitching (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1738 (Russel's); KS 1743; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1747, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1747, scholar 6 May 1748, matr. 1747.
KITCHING, FRANCIS, son of Robert Kitching, Norton, co. Durham; b.; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1741 (Russel's); KS 1743; left 1744.
KITCHIN, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1591, adm. scholar 1592; BA 1595/6; MA 1599; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1597-1621, Junior Bursar 1609-10, Junior Dean 1611-2, Senior Fellow 1616; Taxor 1611; Proctor 1614-5; ordained deacon and priest (Norwich) 15 Jun 1606; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., 1611; Vicar of Bottisham, Cambs. 1612; Rector of Grundisburgh, Suffolk 1617.
Kirkpatrick, Clarence Aubrey, eldest son of Clarence Kirkpatrick, of Delhi, India, barrister-at-law, by Ada, daughter of Alexander Aldwell, of Delhi; b. June 22, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; left March 1894; d. at Kurrachee, Bombay, May 23, 1894.
Kirkman, John Mather, son of John Parke Kirkman, J. P., of Bedford, senior mathematical master of Bedford Grammar School, by Eva Whyte; b. May 5, 1898; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1912; left April 1916; R.M.A. Woolwich; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Feb. 28, 1917; served in France July 1917-July 1918; Lieut. Aug. 28, 1918; Capt. Feb. 28, 1930; Major Aug. 1, 1938; acting Lieut.-Col. July 1940; Col. March 7, 1945; temp. Brigadier July 15, 1942; temp. Major General Aug. 13, 1948; Major-General Jan. 12, 1949; retired Jan. 22, 1954; p.s.c.; B.G.S. Southern Command 1944; B.G.S. Greece 1945; Chief of Staff Palestine 1947 and Far East Land Forces 1948; Chief of Intelligence Divn., Control Commission for Germany 1950; Col. Commandant R. A. 1956; Commissioner in Chief, St. John Ambulance Brigade 1956-62; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1944; C.B. Jan 7, 1949; K.St.J. 1957; Commander of Order of George I of the Hellenes with Swords; mentioned in despatches (Mediterranean) L.G. May 23, 1946 (Palestine) L. G. Jan 7, 1949; (Far East) 1950; d. 1964.
KIRKHAM, ROGER, brother of Robert Kirkham (qv); b.; adm.; KS in 1609; Broadgates Hall, Oxford, matr. 18 Jun 1610, aged 16; adm. Middle Temple 13 Jan 1612/3; buried Richmond, Surrey 24 Nov 1646.
KIRKHAM, ROBERT, son of Edward Kirkham, St. Mary le Savoy, London, Yeoman of the Revels; b.; adm.; QS in 1596; from the verses contributed by him as a QS on the death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil it would appear that he was a godson of her husband; in a letter to Sir Robert Cecil dated 22 Apr 1597 Edward Kirkham states that his son “at the last election of the scholars of Westminster failed of his preferment, merely by want of some honourable good friends to speak for him” and begs Cecil to send for the Dean of Christ Church “who has the choice of scholars and move him in behalf of my son” (HMC Salisbury MSS, vii, 170); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1597, matr. Feb 1597/8, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1602; BA 1601; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Jul 1601; Clerk of the Signet; buried Richmond, Surrey 12 Nov 1638.
Kirbyshire, John Arthur, son of Arthur Scarr Kirbyshire, schoolmaster, of Ealing, and Gwladys Mabel, d. of Henry William James of Halstead, Essex; b. 1 Oct. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); left July 1942; RAF 1942-5; Trin. Coll. Camb., elected 1942 (open schol. ), matric. 1945, BA 1948; an official of the Bank of England 1948-80; m. 4 July 1949 Joyce Mary Adams, d. of Henry Coates of Watford, Herts; d. 2 Nov. 1996.
KINSMAN (or KYNNESMAN), EDMUND, second son of Harold Kinsman, Broughton, Northants, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Golborne, Liverpool; bapt. 6 Jul 1605; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1623, adm. scholar 1624; BA 1627/8; MA 1631; ordained; Rector of Clipston, Northants, in 1640; m. Dorothy, only dau. of Moyle Deale, London; d. 17 Oct 1640.