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'''Sir Arthur Rowland Knapp''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]]</small> (10 December 1870 – 22 May 1954) was a British civil servant who served as the Revenue Member of the Executive Council of the [[Governor of Madras]] from 1923 to 1926.

== Early life ==

Arthur Knapp was born at [[Woolston, Southampton|Woolston]] in 1870 to Lt Col. Charles Barrett Knapp. He was educated at [[Westminster School]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. He married Florence Annie Moore on 9 August 1899 at Madras, India.<ref name="peerage_florence">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p43991.htm#c439909.1|title = Person Page}}</ref>
His wife Florence was the daughter of Edward Moore, DD Principal of St Edmunds Hall Oxford.<ref name="peerage_florence"/>

His daughter Margaret Elfreda Knapp was married to the prominent [[Royal Navy]] officer and Director of [[Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)|Naval Intelligence]] [[Sir Anthony Buzzard, 2nd Baronet|Anthony Buzzard]], and the theologian [[Sir Anthony Buzzard, 3rd Baronet|Anthony F. Buzzard]] is his grandson.<ref name="arthur_knapp">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p19717.htm#i197164|title = Person Page}}</ref>

== Career ==

A Knapp joined the [[Indian civil service]] in 1891 and served as Assistant Collector and magistrate, [[Malabar district]], [[Madras Presidency|Madras]]. In 1899, he was appointed Under-secretary in the Board of Revenue rising to become Secretary. His inexperience and lack of understanding about the nuances of local culture led to many of his administrative reforms being ineffective and unpopular. Long after Knapp had left Malabar, his name was assimilated into Malayalam as "knappan", translated as "an incompetent individual".

Knapp was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1919,<ref name="londongazette_19190603">{{cite news|title=Supplement|page=7051|work=[[London Gazette]]|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31379/supplements/7051/page.pdf|date=3 June 1919}}</ref> invested as a [[Order of the Star of India|Companion, Order of the Star of India (C.S.I.)]]<ref>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 volume 1, page 628</ref> in 1922 and [[Order of the Indian Empire|Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in the 1924 New Year Honours list.<ref name="londongazette_19240101">{{cite news|title=Supplement|work=London Gazette|date=1 January 1924|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32893/supplements/5/page.pdf|page=5}}</ref>

== Legislative Council ==

In 1923, Knapp was nominated to the [[Madras Legislative Council]] and served from 1923 to 1926.

== Death ==

Knapp died on 22 May 1954 at the age of 83. He was killed by Bhadra Suresh. The reason behind the killing remains a churulazhiyatha rahasyam.

== References ==
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* {{cite web|title=Sir Arthur Rowland Knapp|work=Burke's Peerage|publisher=Daryll Lundy|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p19717.htm#i197163}}

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