Peter Irving Channing Knowles, II

Councilor
Chev. Peter Irving Channing Knowles, II

Peter Irving Channing Knowles, II, Captain USAR (Ret.), is a native of Virginia, and is the son of the Honorable Judge John Wingo Knowles of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia and Mary Alice (Williams) Knowles. He is married to Brantley Carter (Bolling) Knowles; they have two sons.

Mr. Knowles was invested as a Knight of the Order on November 20, 2004 at St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, by H.E. Col. Chev. David Nels Appelby, Grand Prior of the Autonomous Grand Priory of the United States.

Mr. Knowles was graduated from St. Christopher’s School, and received a degree in civil engineering from Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He is a retired general contractor, and in that capacity, oversaw many important historical renovations, as well as the building of numerous ecclesiastic and scholastic structures, during his three decades in this field of endeavor.

Memberships
Society of Colonial Wars in the States of Virginia and Florida
Sons of the Revolution in the State of Virginia
Jamestowne Society
Descendants of the Knights of the Garter (UK)
Scions of Colonial Cavaliers
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
Sons of Confederate Veterans

Chivalric Orders
* Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (Coucillor, Priory of St.
Michael and St. George, New York City)
* The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem

Other Notes
In Virginia, Mr. Knowles is a former trustee and past board president of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA/Preservation Virginia), which is the nation’s oldest statewide preservation group, having been founded in 1889. Additionally, he served four terms as a trustee of St. Catherine’s School [Episcopal], Richmond, and is a former vestryman of Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. In Florida, Mr. Knowles serves as a trustee of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County, was a charter member of the Board of Benefactors of the HSPBC, and is a member of the Preservation Foundation and the Flagler Museum.