Robert Knopwood

Robert Knopwood (2 June 1763 – 18 September 1838)^[1] was an early clergyman and diarist in Australia.

Robert Knopwood
Born	(1763-06-02)2 June 1763 England
Died	18 September 1838(1838-09-18) (aged 75) Van Diemen's Land
Occupations	Clergyman, Magistrate
Parents	Robert Knopwood Elizabeth, née Barton

Knopwood was the third child and only surviving son of Robert Knopwood (from a wealthy Norfolk family) and his wife Elizabeth, née Barton of Threxton, Norfolk, England.^[1] Knopwood was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. in 1786, M.A. in 1790.^[2] Knopwood was ordained deacon in December 1788 and priest a year later.^[3][4]

In popular culture

• Chris Haywood portrayed Robert Knopwood in the film The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008).
• The Outlaw Michael Howe aired in Australia on the ABC television network on 1 December 2013. Australian actor Matt Day portrayed Knopwood. He is only shown as a settler and magistrate - not a clergyman.

See also

• Ocean, the ship that brought Knopwood from Port Phillip to Hobart