KING, ROBERT; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1624, but never adm.
King, Ronald Mellowes, son of Ernest King of Harrow-on-the-Hill and Ellen Blanche, d. of Joseph Mellowes of East Molesey, Surrey; b. 28 Nov. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A), KS Sept. 1920; left July 1924; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1927, MA 1931; asst master Bryanston Sch. 1928; Dorset Regt 1940, released for civil duties Nov. 1944; m. 12 Aug. 1931 Kathleen, sister of George Patrick Maguire (qv); d. 19 Dec. 1986.
KING, THOMAS BAKER; b.; adm. 24 Jul 1801 (Clapham); left Bartholomewtide 1801.
KING, THOMAS, son of Thomas King, London; b.; adm. (aged 7) Apr 1741 (Preston's); left 1751; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Aug 1751; BA 1757. [perhaps Thomas King ordained deacon (Peterborough) 25 Sep 1757].
KING, WALKER, eldest son of Walker King (qv); b. 21 Dec 1827; adm. 3 Apr 1839 (Scott's); QS 1840; left 1840; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Mar 1846; rowed in Oxford eight at Henley 1847; BA 1850; MA 1853; ordained deacon 1850, priest 1851 (both Canterbury); Curate, Stone, Kent 1850-9; Rector of Leigh, Essex, from 1859; Hon. Canon, St. Albans 1882; m. 28 Dec 1850 Juliana, eldest dau. of Capt. Henry Stuart, 69th Foot; d. 20 Jul 1892.
KING, WALKER, eldest son of Right Rev. Walker King DD, Bishop of Rochester, and Sarah, only dau. of Edward Dawson, Long Whatton, Leics.; b.; adm. Mich. 1811; KS (aged 13) 1812; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1816, but went to Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 May 1816; BA 1821; MA 1822; ordained 1822; Rector of Stone, Kent, from 6 Jul 1822; Rector of Frindsbury, Kent 27 Jan 1823-5; Perpetual Curate of Bromley, Kent 1824-7; Vicar of Dartford, Kent 9 Apr 1825 (disp. to hold with R. Stone); Archdeacon and Prebendary of Rochester from 25 Jun 1827, but did not obtain stall as Prebendary until Jan 1832 (see King v Baylay, Barnewall and Adolphus, i, 761); m. 15 May 1823 Anne, sister of William Heberden (adm. 1809, qv), by whom he was father of Right Rev. Edward King DD, Bishop of Lincoln; d. 13 Mar 1859.
KING, WILLIAM, son of Ezekiel King, Clerkenwell, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Backhouse, St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London; b.; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1681, matr. 16 Dec 1681, aged 18, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1681 – Dec 1693, Faculty Student from 23 Dec 1693; BA 1685; MA 1688 (incorp. Cambridge 1705); BCL and DCL 1692; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 12 Nov 1692; Vicar-General, Armagh 1692; Judge of Admiralty Court (I) 1701; Writer of Gazette Dec 1711 – c. Jul 1712; an able but indolent man, of strong Tory and High Church views, a moderate poet and a witty miscellaneous writer; known by contemporaries as “King of the Commons”; according to Johnson, “though his life had not been without irregularity, his principles were pure and orthodox, and his death was pious” (Lives of the Poets, ed. G. B. Hill, ii, 31); author of an attack upon Bentley entitled Dialogues of the Dead, 1699, and other books and pamphlets; a collection of his Original Works, ed. Nichols, was published in 1776; d. 25 Dec 1712. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
KING, WILLIAM, fourth son of Rev. John King, Witnesham, Suffolk, Head Master Ipswich GS, and Elizabeth Sarah, dau. of Rev. Thomas Bishop, Vicar of St. Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk; b. 17 Apr 1786; adm. Oct 1801 (Clapham); took part of Iago in performance of Othello by “the Clapham fellows at Dawsons” 7 Dec 1803 (Lord John Russell’s MS diary); left Jan 1804; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Feb 1804, but did not go into residence; remained at Westminster until he left Christmas 1806; Peterhouse, Cambridge, matr. 27 Dec 1806; BA and 12th Wrangler 1809; MA 1812; Fellow, Peterhouse 1812; MD 1819; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; FRCP 1820, Harveian Orator 1843; practised at Brighton, Sussex, from 1823; the friend and adviser of Lady Byron, who left a sum of money for the publication of his works; a staunch advocate of co-operation, editing The Co-operator 1828-30; author of papers on medical subjects; m. 17 Jan 1821 Mary, dau. of Rev. Thomas Redman Hooker DD, Vicar of Rottingdean, Sussex; d. 20 Oct 1865. DNB.
King-Farlow, John, son of Hugh St Denys Nettleton King-Farlow MBE, of Biding Gap, Sussex, and his first wife Barbara Hazel McKinley, d. of Benjamin Guggenheim of New York, USA; b. 9 July 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1951; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1956, MA 1969; Duke Univ., USA, MA 1958; Stanford Univ., USA, PhD 1960; asst. Prof. of Philosophy Univ. of California (Santa Barbara), USA 1962-5; Leverhulme Foundn. Fellow Univ. of Liverpool 1966-8; Prof. of Philosophy, Univ. of Alberta, Canada 1972-98; visiting Prof. Univ. of Guelph, Canada 1971-2, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada 1972-3; sec. Canadian Philosophical Assn. 1974, Pres. 1977-8; editor Canadian Journal of Philosophy 1971-; FRS (Canada); author and joint author of several works on philosophy, sociology and religion; m. 1st, 27 Nov. 1959 Nancy Carole, d. of H. A. Holman of Chicago, IL, USA; 2nd, 19 Mar. 1971 Sylvia Ann, d. of N. Kostyk of Edmonton, Alberta; 3rd, Elizabeth Ann Slater, registered nurse, d. of Kenneth Ellison Slater; d. 31 July 2002.
Kingsley, Ian Douglas, son of Ernest Douglas Kingsley of Sedlescombe, Sussex, and Vera Cynthia, d. of Harold P. Clark; b. 23 Sept. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1942; Univ. of Exeter 1943-4; joined BBC 1944, Forces broadcasting Cairo and Jerusalem 1946-7; BBC Sri Lanka 1949-51, Chinese Programme organiser 1951-4; head of programmes Radio Sarawak 1954-9; BBC Thailand 1959-60; Radio Hong Kong 1960-76; m. 9 Sept. 1950 Joy Daphne, d. of L. Garner of Westgate, Kent; d. June 1996.