Background
King was the son of the Reverend James King of Clitheroe, Lancashire, and Anne, daughter of John Walker, of Underhill.
King was the son of the Reverend James King of Clitheroe, Lancashire, and Anne, daughter of John Walker, of Underhill.
Corpus Christi College.
He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 20 February 1768, aged 16. King migrated to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1771, Master of Arts in 1775, Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Divinity in 1788. He became a Fellow of Corpus Christi.
In his clerical career, he was prebendary of Peterborough, 1794, canon of Wells, 1796, prebendary of Canterbury, 1803, and prebendary of Westminster, 1827.
He was Bishop of Rochester from 1809. He died on 22 February 1827.
King married Sarah, daughter of Edward Dawson. Walker"s great-grandson, Reverend Robert Stuart King, once played football for the English national side.