Lanchester King

George Lanchester King[1] was the second Anglican Bishop of Madagascar[2] from 1899 to 1919.[3]

George Lanchester King
Bishop of Madagascar and Assistant Bishop to Diocese of Rochester
George Lanchester King
ChurchChurch of England
Personal details
Born
George Lanchester King
Alma materClare College, Cambridge

He was born in 1860 and educated at Clare College, Cambridge.[4] Ordained in 1884,[5] he began his career with curacies at St Andrew, Tudhoe Grange and Holy Trinity, Gateshead.[6] He was made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1884 (8 June) at St Andrew's Church, Bishop Auckland[7] and ordained priest the following Trinity Sunday (31 May 1885) at Durham Cathedral — both times by J. B. Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham.[8] He was then Vicar of St Mary, South Shields until 1899 when he was appointed to the colonial episcopate[9] — he was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's Day (29 June) 1899 by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.[10] On his return to England[11] he was Secretary of the Society for Propagation of the Gospel; then a Canon Residentiary of Rochester Cathedral (1923–1940) and an Assistant Bishop of Rochester (1928–1939). He died in Woking on 26 January 1941.[12]

References
  1. "University Intelligence. Cambridge, Jan. 17". The Times. No. 32599. 18 January 1889. p. 10 col F.
  2. Open Library
  3. “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. "King, George Lanchester (KN879GL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 860.
  7. "Ordinations on Sunday last". Church Times. No. 1116. 13 June 1884. p. 446. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. "Ordinations on Sunday last". Church Times. No. 1167. 5 June 1885. p. 438. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. "Ecclesiastical Intelligence Consecration of Three Bishops". The Times. No. 35869. 30 June 1899. p. 8 col E.
  10. "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 1901. 30 June 1899. p. 783. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  12. Obituary Dr G.L. King The Times Wednesday, 19 February 1941; pg. 7; Issue 48854; col E

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