Walker King, bishop of Rochester

(1751-1827)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: King, Walker, 1751 or 2-1827 NRA: King Walker (1755-1827) Bishop of Rochester LBT ID: WaKing1827 VIAF ID: 17090822 LOC ID: nr92042747	B/BAP: 1751 DIED: 1827-02-22
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (March 1827) 269-70; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The son of the Rev. James King of Clitheroe, he was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and was prebendary of Peterborough (1794), canon of Wells (1796), prebendary of Canterbury (1803). and bishop of Rochester (1809).
REFERENCES TO Walker King, bishop of Rochester: Lady Morgan to Lady Olivia Clarke, 26 June 1819 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1: ¶ 2 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch II. 1807-1810 Found 1: ¶ n2 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter VII