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Robert Knopwood

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1761: Born Norfolk England. His parents were wealthy.

1786: Graduated BA from Cambridge.

1788: Ordained a deacon.

1789: Ordained a priest. He commonly preached that it was your duty to know the Christian Gospel and put it into practice.

1790: Graduated MA from Cambridge.
Entered the gambling group. With the Prince Regent. Lost all his money.
Becomes a chaplain in the navy.

1803: Joins Collins expedition to Hobart Town.

1805: Appointed a magistrate in Hobart Town. Continues as chaplain.
Keeps a diary. Which records lack of food; hardships; encounters with aborigines; bushrangers; flogging of convicts; hard drinking and slowly improving conditions;  
Knopwood handed done severe floggings for minor offences.
One occasion he reprieved a couple of boys under age of 18 on the gallows. He takes them to his room and prays for them.
Knopwood obtains seeds from England and grew wheat, oats, vegetables and fruit.
He adopted an orphan girl. They became very close.
Often dined at government House. He loved a tipple and was known to be very friendly with females. Hopeless at managing money.

1817: Governor Macquarie complains of his excessive drinking and poor work.

1822: He resigns as magistrate.
Governor Arthur banished Knopwood to Rokeby. He becomes ill, poor and bitter towards Governor Arthur.
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1838: Dies. Buried in Rokeby churchyard.


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  • Home
  • Photos
    • All Saints Church
    • Anglesea Barracks
    • Art Mob
    • Boer War
    • Botanical Gardens
    • Brisbane Street
    • Brooke Street Pier
    • Brooker Highway
    • Brunswick Hotel
    • Campbell Street
    • Castray Esplanade
    • Cenotaph
    • Constitution Dock
    • St David's Cathedral
    • St David's Park
    • Elizabeth St Pier
    • Franklin Square
    • Hobart GPO
  • Photos
    • Hobart Rivulet
    • Hobart Town Hall
    • Kunanyi / Mt Wellington
    • Parliament House
    • Railway Roundabout
    • Regatta
    • RHH
    • Royal Visits 1868 1901 1920 1927 1934
    • Royal visit 1954
    • Salamanca Place
    • Street art Bidencope Lane
    • Street art Criterion Collins Liverpool Streets
    • Street art Elizabeth Street North Hobart​
    • Street art Kemp Despard Streets
    • Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
    • Theatre Royal
    • Victoria Dock
  • Places
    • All Saint's Church
    • Anglesea Barracks
    • Argyle Street
    • Atheneum Club
    • Baha’i Centre
    • Barrack Street
    • Bidencope Lane
    • Brisbane Street
    • Bathurst Street
    • Boer War Memorial
    • Brook Street Pier
    • Brooker Highway
    • Brunswick Hotel
    • Campbell Street
    • Collins Street
    • Davey Street
    • Elizabeth Street
    • Goulburn Street
    • Harrington Street
    • Hunter Street
    • Liverpool Street
    • Macquarie Street
    • Murray Street
  • History
    • Tasmanian Timeline
    • Early Tasmania
    • Mid Nineteenth Century
    • Late Nineteenth Century
    • 20th Century
    • Tasmania’s aborigines
    • Convicts
    • David Collins
    • Lachlan Macquarie
    • Robert Knopwood
    • Charles Darwin visits Hobart
    • John Franklin
    • Lady Jane Franklin
    • TT Flynn
    • Abel Tasman
    • AJ White
  • Walking Tours
    • Dave's Walking Tour
    • The Tench Walking Tour
    • Botanical Gardens Circuit
    • ​Alfred’s feeling religious walk
    • Battery Point Sculpture Trail
    • Lachlan gets to the point
    • Street art: Luffy paints the town
  • Community
    • Hadley's Hotel
    • history is not set in bronze
    • Wooden Boat Festival 2019
    • What do you think of Hobart?
    • Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
    • The Mountain
  • Blog
    • Blog
    • This website
    • about another website
    • Acknowledgement
    • Contact
  • The Full Complement
    • Alan Carlton
    • Daniel Frank
    • Paul Barrington
    • Jodi Sutton
    • Jodi Sutton 2
    • Ann Heath
    • Maddie Atkins