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	'''Edmund Arbuthnott Knox''' (6 December 1847 – 16 January 1937) was the fourth [[Bishop of Manchester]], from 1903 to 1921. He was described as a prominent evangelical.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Cross & Livingstone\|title=The Oxford Dictionary of The Christian Church\|year= 1984\|page= 786}}</ref>		'''Edmund Arbuthnott Knox''' (6 December 1847 – 16 January 1937) was the fourth [[Bishop of Manchester]], from 1903 to 1921. He was described as a prominent evangelical.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Cross & Livingstone\|title=The Oxford Dictionary of The Christian Church\|year= 1984\|page= 786}}</ref>

	Born in [[Bangalore]], the second son of the Reverend George Knox and Frances Mary Anne (daughter of Thomas Forbes Reynolds, M.D. and a sister of the daughter-in-law of [[John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott]])<ref>Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1904, p. 983</ref><ref>The Spectator, vol. 20, 1847, p. 1171</ref><ref>The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 177, 1845, p. 311</ref><ref>http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/e_2.htm</ref> and educated at [[St Paul's School (London)\|St Paul's]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], he was [[ordained]] in 1872 and began his [[ecclesiastical]] career with a period as [[Fellow]], [[Tutor]], and [[Dean (religion)\|Dean]] of [[Merton College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book \| last=[[Richard Malden\|Malden Richard (ed)]] \| author-link= \| title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) \| location= London \| publisher= The Field Press\| pages=986\| year=1920 \| isbn=}}</ref> He was also rector of St Wilfrid's Church in [[Kibworth]] from 1884 to 1891, then from 1891 vicar of Aston by Birmingham, and from 1894 to 1903 rector of St Philip's, Birmingham, [[Bishop of Coventry (suffragan)\|Suffragan Bishop of Coventry]] and [[Archdeacon of Birmingham]].<ref>Appointment of Dr Knox as Bishop of Manchester, ''Leamington Spa Courier'', 9 October 1903.</ref>		Born in [[Bangalore]], the second son of the Reverend George Knox and Frances Mary Anne (daughter of Thomas Forbes Reynolds, M.D. and a sister of the daughter-in-law of [[John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott]])<ref>Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1904, p. 983</ref><ref>The Spectator, vol. 20, 1847, p. 1171</ref><ref>The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 177, 1845, p. 311</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/e_2.htm \| title=Keluaran HK: Data HK, Togel Hongkong, Toto HK, Pengeluaran HK Hari Ini }}</ref> and educated at [[St Paul's School (London)\|St Paul's]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], he was [[ordained]] in 1872 and began his [[ecclesiastical]] career with a period as [[Fellow]], [[Tutor]], and [[Dean (religion)\|Dean]] of [[Merton College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book \| last=[[Richard Malden\|Malden Richard (ed)]] \| author-link= \| title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) \| location= London \| publisher= The Field Press\| pages=986\| year=1920 \| isbn=}}</ref> He was also rector of St Wilfrid's Church in [[Kibworth]] from 1884 to 1891, then from 1891 vicar of Aston by Birmingham, and from 1894 to 1903 rector of St Philip's, Birmingham, [[Bishop of Coventry (suffragan)\|Suffragan Bishop of Coventry]] and [[Archdeacon of Birmingham]].<ref>Appointment of Dr Knox as Bishop of Manchester, ''Leamington Spa Courier'', 9 October 1903.</ref>

	Knox was the author of a distinguished history of the [[Oxford Movement]] written from an unsympathetic [[evangelical]] viewpoint.		Knox was the author of a distinguished history of the [[Oxford Movement]] written from an unsympathetic [[evangelical]] viewpoint.
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	== Family ==		== Family ==
	Bishop Knox was married twice. ~~Firstly~~ he married Ellen Penelope French (1854–1892) in 1878, daughter of [[Thomas Valpy French]], Bishop of Lahore. ~~Secondly~~ he married Ethel Mary Newton in 1895, daughter of [[Canon Horace Newton]] of [[Holmwood, Redditch]] and [[Glencripesdale Estate]] Argyllshire.		Bishop Knox was married twice. First he married Ellen Penelope French (1854–1892) in 1878, daughter of [[Thomas Valpy French]], Bishop of Lahore. Second, he married Ethel Mary Newton in 1895, daughter of [[Canon Horace Newton]] of [[Holmwood, Redditch]] and [[Glencripesdale Estate]] Argyllshire.

	He was father of six children by his first wife Ellen French:		He was father of six children by his first wife Ellen French:
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[[File:E A Knox Bp Manchester, Rotary.jpg|thumb|Edmund Knox, Bishop of Manchester]]
'''Edmund Arbuthnott Knox''' (6 December 1847 – 16 January 1937) was the fourth [[Bishop of Manchester]], from 1903 to 1921. He was described as a prominent evangelical.<ref>{{cite book|author=Cross & Livingstone|title=The Oxford Dictionary of The Christian Church|year= 1984|page= 786}}</ref>

Born in [[Bangalore]], the second son of the Reverend George Knox and Frances Mary Anne (daughter of Thomas Forbes Reynolds, M.D. and a sister of the daughter-in-law of [[John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott]])<ref>Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1904, p. 983</ref><ref>The Spectator, vol. 20, 1847, p. 1171</ref><ref>The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 177, 1845, p. 311</ref><ref>http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/e_2.htm</ref> and educated at [[St Paul's School (London)|St Paul's]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], he was [[ordained]] in 1872 and began his [[ecclesiastical]] career with a period as [[Fellow]], [[Tutor]], and [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[Merton College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book | last=[[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] | author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=986| year=1920 | isbn=}}</ref> He was also rector of St Wilfrid's Church in [[Kibworth]] from 1884 to 1891, then from 1891 vicar of Aston by Birmingham, and from 1894 to 1903 rector of St Philip's, Birmingham, [[Bishop of Coventry (suffragan)|Suffragan Bishop of Coventry]] and [[Archdeacon of Birmingham]].<ref>Appointment of Dr Knox as Bishop of Manchester, ''Leamington Spa Courier'', 9 October 1903.</ref>

Knox was the author of a distinguished history of the [[Oxford Movement]] written from an unsympathetic [[evangelical]] viewpoint.

Knox was an early proponent of [[cremation]]. In a letter read at the 1903 opening ceremony of the [[Birmingham Crematorium]], he wrote:<ref name="Lancet">{{cite journal|date=17 October 1903|title=Birmingham Crematorium|journal=The Lancet|volume=162|issue=4181|page=1109|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(01)46268-4}}</ref>

{{Quote|in spite of strong sentimental objections very naturally entertained, we shall come to see that under the conditions of modern life cremation is not only preferable from the sanitary point of view, but that it is also the most reverent and decent treatment of the bodies of the dead.}}

During the First World War, Knox was an early proponent of conscription rather than relying on volunteers to serve in the forces and elsewhere. He believed that the Government should have legislated for ‘The whole resources of the country in men and means’ being placed ‘unreservedly at the disposal of the country’. <ref>Manchester Diocesan Magazine, September, 1915</ref> He was one of the few bishops who supported the desire of many younger clergy to serve as combatants which the Bench of Bishops had voted overwhelmingly against.<ref>Lambeth Palace Library, Bishops Meetings, BM6. Only 6 of 25 bishops voted in favour of allowing clergy to volunteer as combatants. Knox and the bishops of London, Southwark, St Asaph and St Edmundsbury were 5 of the 6. (October, 1915)</ref> ‘My heart is with those clergy who wish to show that they are ready to share the same hardships and dangers as the rest of their parishioners’.<ref>Manchester Diocesan Magazine, May, 1918</ref>

Knox died on 16 January 1937. On 27 January 1937, a memorial service was held at [[All Souls Church, Langham Place]]. H. Earnshaw Smith, then Rector of All Souls, officiated the service, [[Sidney Nowell Rostron]] read the [[Lection|lesson]] and T. W. Gilbert gave the address.<ref>{{cite news|title=Memorial Service|work=The Times|issue=47594|date=28 January 1937|page=17}}</ref> He was then laid to rest in what is now Beckenham Cemetery.

== Family ==
Bishop Knox was married twice. Firstly he married Ellen Penelope French (1854–1892) in 1878, daughter of [[Thomas Valpy French]], Bishop of Lahore. Secondly he married Ethel Mary Newton in 1895, daughter of [[Canon Horace Newton]] of [[Holmwood, Redditch]] and [[Glencripesdale Estate]] Argyllshire.

He was father of six children by his first wife Ellen French:
*Ethel Knox (1879–1958)
*[[E. V. Knox|Edmund George Valpy Knox]] (1881–1971) who was editor of [[Punch magazine]]
*Winifred Frances Knox (1882–1961), married [[James Peck (civil servant)|James Peck]] and became known as an author under the name "[[Winifred Peck]]"
*[[Dilly Knox|Alfred Dillwyn Knox]] (1884–1943), known as "Dilly", a classical scholar, and a [[Cryptanalysis|codebreaker]] in both World Wars
*[[Wilfred Knox|Wilfred Lawrence Knox]] (1886–1950), Anglican priest
*[[Ronald Knox|Ronald Arbuthnott Knox]] (1888–1957), former Anglican priest who became a Roman Catholic priest and translator of the Bible.

His sister was [[Ellen Mary Knox]], the first principal of [[Havergal College]] in Toronto, Canada.<ref>Charles Whately Parker, Barnet M. Greene eds., [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTkzAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA650&ots=AL813fowcA&dq=Ellen%20Mary%20Knox%20Havergal&pg=PA650#v=onepage&q=Ellen%20Mary%20Knox%20Havergal&f=false ''Who's Who in Canada''] (International Press 1922): 650.</ref> Another brother became a judge in the Allahabad High Court, later Sir [[George Edward Knox]] (1845 — 1922).<ref name=odnb>{{cite ODNB|author1=FitzGerald, S.|author2= Prior, K. (reviser)|year=2012|chapter= Knox, Sir George Edward (1845–1922), judge in India|title= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34356}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{cite web| url= http://www.stwilfs.freeserve.co.uk/past.htm#knox| title= Anecdotal stories about St. Wilfrid's and its Rectors| access-date= 2007-01-20| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070216152500/http://www.stwilfs.freeserve.co.uk/past.htm#knox| archive-date= 16 February 2007| url-status= dead}}
*The Scotsman, Monday 18 January 1937, Obituary "Bishop Knox, Death of Evangelical Leader"

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