Samuel Kirshbaum Knight was a suffragan bishop from 1924 until his death in 1932.
Born in 1868 and educated at
Trinity College, Dublin he was ordained in 1892.
[1] His first post was as a
curate at
Wardleworth after which he was successively
Priest-in-charge at St Paul’s
Barking and
Vicar of St Mark’s
Notting Hill before being appointed a
Lecturer at
King's College London. In 1919 he moved to the
North East to becoming the
Rural Dean for the
Houghton-le-Spring area, then a
Canon Residentiary at
Durham Cathedral
[2] and finally in 1924 the
Bishop of Jarrow.
He was married to Emmeline Cicely Knight, who died on 26 November 1955, aged 83. They are buried together in St Cuthbert's Cemetery, Durham.
Samuel Kirshbaum Knight was a suffragan bishop from 1924 until his death in 1932.
Born in 1868 and educated at
Trinity College, Dublin he was ordained in 1892.
[1] His first post was as a
curate at
Wardleworth after which he was successively
Priest-in-charge at St Paul’s
Barking and
Vicar of St Mark’s
Notting Hill before being appointed a
Lecturer at
King's College London. In 1919 he moved to the
North East to becoming the
Rural Dean for the
Houghton-le-Spring area, then a
Canon Residentiary at
Durham Cathedral
[2] and finally in 1924 the
Bishop of Jarrow.
He was married to Emmeline Cicely Knight, who died on 26 November 1955, aged 83. They are buried together in St Cuthbert's Cemetery, Durham.