Background
He was the son of Sir James Walker, 1st Baronet and his first wife Mary Denison.
He was the son of Sir James Walker, 1st Baronet and his first wife Mary Denison.
Walker was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1851 and a Master of Arts in 1860.
In 1883, he succeeded his father as baronet. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and justice of the peace of the North Riding as well as a justice of the peace of the East Riding of Yorkshire. On 23 June 1863, Walker married Louisa Susan Marlborough Heron-Maxwell, third daughter of Captain Sir John Heron-Maxwell, 6th Baronet at Street James"s Church, Piccadilly.
They had nine children.
18th United Kingdom Parliament]
Walker, who sometime served with the Yorkshire Hussars, was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Beverley between 1860 and 1865 and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1888.