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KNIGHT, THOMAS JOHN, second son of William Young Knight, St. James’s Square, Westminster, solicitor; b. 1 Nov 1805; adm. 14 Sep 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1820; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1824, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1824, scholar 1825; BA 1828; MA 1831; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jun 1826, called to bar 25 Nov 1831; special pleader; Hampshire circuit and Surrey Sessions; emigrated to Hobart, Tasmania 1845, where he continued to practice as a barrister; Solicitor-Gen., Tasmania 25 Apr 1857 – 1 Nov 1860, Attorney-Gen. 2 Nov 1860 – 4 Feb 1861; returned to England 1865; m.; d. 25 Apr 1870.

KNATCHBULL, WADHAM, eldest son of Rev. Wadham Knatchbull LLD, Chancellor and Prebendary of Durham, and Vicar of Chilham, Kent, and Harriet, dau. of Charles Parry, Oakfield, Berks.; bapt. Durham Cathedral 27 Jan 1745/6; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1759; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1764, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1764; BA 1768; MA 1771; ordained; Preacher, Highgate Chapel, Middlesex, from 1769; d. 6 Jan 1773.

Knapp, Percival Ernest, brother of Sir Arthur Rowland Knapp (q.v.); b. Dec. 20, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; left Dec. 1892; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Devonshire Regt. Oct. 10, 1894; Lieut. Nov. 5, 1897, 2nd Madras Infantry July 30, 1898, 1st (afterwards the 51st) Sikhs Dec. 1898; Capt. Oct. 10, 1903; Double Company Commander Oct. 13, 1905; Major Oct. 10, 1912; served in the Tirah campaign 1897-8, in China at the relief of Peking 1900, in Egypt Nov. 1914-July 1915, at Aden July-Aug. 1915, and in Mesopotamia from Nov. 1915; mentioned in despatches; killed in action at Sheikh Saad Jan. 7, 1916; unm.

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.