Walker King (priest)

Walker King (b Marylebone 24 May 1798 – d 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 Rector of Stone, Kent.[5] His son was Bishop of Lincoln.[6]

References
  1. Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 3, pp. 57–59
  2. "Religious Intelligence". The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900 (4004). Bury Saint Edmunds, England. 22 March 1859.
  3. National Archives
  4. "Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University" Foster,J (Ed) Vol II p796 Oxford, Parker & Co,1888
  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" Russell, G.W.E. London, Longmans, 1912


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