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Robert Knopwood
Robert Knopwood was an early clergyman and diarist in Australia. Knopwood was the third child and only surviving son of Robert Knopwood and his wife Elizabeth, née Barton of Threxton, Norfolk, England. Knopwood was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. in 1786, M.A. in 1790. Knopwood was ordained deacon in December 1788 and priest a year later. Having inherited a fortune as a young man, he became a member of the gambling set associated with the Prince Regent and quickly lost his money. He obtained a position as chaplain in the navy, and was appointed to Colonel Collins's expedition which, after the failure of the Port Phillip settlement, landed on the site of Hobart on 19 February 1804. Knopwood's salary as chaplain to the settlement was £182 10s. per annum. He was appointed a magistrate on the following 17 March. Knopwood kept a diary for more than 30 years. It is now in the Mitchell Library at Sydney, an interesting first-hand record of early Tasmania.
BornJune 02, 1763, England
DiedSeptember 18, 1838, Tasmania, Australia
Occupationclergyman
Parent(s)Robert Knopwood, Elizabeth, née Barton

About Robert Knopwood

Religious Leader Robert Knopwood was born on June 2, 1763 in England (He dies at the age of 75, on September 18, 1838).

English-born preacher who landed in Australia in 1804 and kept a now-famous diary of his time there as a chaplain and magistrate.

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Robert Knopwood before becoming famous

Robert Knopwood was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1763 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Goat (羊).

He was ordained as a priest after graduating from Cambridge's Gonville and Caius College.

Achievement of Robert Knopwood

His thirty-year diary was added to the Mitchell Library's permanent collection.

Robert Knopwood's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Religious Leader Robert Knopwood and Elizabeth Barton Knopwood raised him in Norfolk, England. Religious Leader Robert Knopwood became the father of an adopted daughter as an adult.

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In 1822, he resigned as a magistrate and tendered his resignation to Governor Politician Lachlan Macquarie of New South Wales.

Robert Knopwood Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Robert Knopwood updated on March 12 2023.