Background
The son of John Walker, of Crawfordton, and his wife, Jessy, he was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford.
The son of John Walker, of Crawfordton, and his wife, Jessy, he was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford.
Balliol College; Rugby School.
He lost to Liberal Sydney Waterlow at the 1868 general election, but regained his seat at a by-election in 1869 owing to the disqualification of Waterlow when he became a government contractor. Walker stepped down at the 1874 general election. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1892.
They had one daughter, Ethel Mary Walker, who married the Liberal politician Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne.
19th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament.
He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire, elected at the 1865 general election.