Walker King (priest)

Walker King (born Marylebone 24 May 1798 – died Stone, Kent 20 March 1859) was Archdeacon of Rochester[1] from 6 July 1827 until his death.[2]

The son of Walker King, Bishop of Rochester,[3] he was educated at Oriel College, Oxford[4] and served as Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Dartford, and Rector of Stone, Kent.[5] His son was Bishop of Lincoln.[6]

References
  1. Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 3, pp. 57–59
  2. "Religious Intelligence". The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900. No. 4004. Bury Saint Edmunds, England. 22 March 1859.
  3. National Archives
  4. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "King, Walker (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  5. "Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson,E p192: Cambridge, CUP, 2013 ISBN 978-1-107-02677-3
  6. Edward King, Sixtieth Bishop of Lincoln: A Memoir G. W. E. Russell, London, Longmans, 1912


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