Background
He was born in Fraserburgh on 24 January 1770, son of Alexander Walker and Jane Ramsey.
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James Walker
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He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen from 1785 to 1789, where he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in 1789.
Career
He continued his education at Street John"s College, Cambridge, where awarded a Bachelor of Arts in 1793, another Master of Arts in 1796, and a Doctor of Divinity in 1826. He was ordained in the Anglican ministry a deacon on 3 April 1793 and a priest on 5 May 1805. During that period, he was tutor to Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet, of Craighall, from 1793 to 1805.
Walker"s first pastoral appointment was the Incumbent of Street Peter"s Church, Edinburgh (1807-1829) and Old Street Paul"s Church, Edinburgh (1821-1822).
He was also the Dean of Edinburgh (1810-1818) and Pantonian Professor of Theology at the Edinburgh Theological College (1824-1841). He was elected Bishop of Edinburgh on 10 February 1830 and consecrated at Stirling on 7 March 1830 by the Most Reverend George Gleig, with bishops Jolly, Skinner and Low serving as co-consecrators.
Doctor Walker also administered the sees of Fife, Galloway and Glasgow from 1830 to 1837. Doctor Walker died in office at 22 Stafford Street, Edinburgh on 5 March 1841, aged 71, and was buried on a south-facing wall in the centre the of Street John"s Churchyard, Edinburgh.
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