KING, JOHN, second son of John King (elected to Oxford 1576, qv); b. 1595; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1608, matr. 20 Jan 1608/9, Westminster Student to 1619; BA 1611; MA 1614; BD and DD 1625; Public Orator14 Dec 1622-5; ordained; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 28 Aug 1624; Canon of Windsor from 6 Aug 1625; Rector of Remenham, Berks., 1625; m. Mary, widow of Benjamin Baron, St. Andrew Undershaft, London, citizen and grocer, and dau. of William Harrison, London; d. 2 Jan 1638/9. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB. [Note however that there may be some confusion between the respective preferments of this John King and those of Rev. John King DD, Prebendary of Westminster 15 Sep 1613 – death 7 Aug 1638, also Canon of Windsor from 23 Nov 1615 and Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 23 Dec 1616, father of next (qv)].
KING, JOHN, son of Rev. John King DD, Prebendary of Westminster and Rector of Stourton, Wilts., and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Foxcroft, Fellow of St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1625, matr. 3 Feb 1625/6, aged 18, Westminster Student to between 1636 and 1641; BA 1629; MA 1632; m. Judith ---; living Mar 1648/9.
KING, NEVILLE, eldest son of John King, Ashby-de-la-Launde, Lincs., Capt., 3rd [Foot ?] Guards, and Millicent Mary, sister of John Fox (qv); bapt. Ashby de la Launde, Lincs. 28 Nov 1752 (IGI); adm. 14 Feb 1766; KS (aged 14) 1768; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1772, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1772, scholar 7 May 1773, matr. 1775; BA 1776; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 May 1772; High Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1816; racehorse owner; m. 22 May 1786 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Gildart, Finchley, Middlesex, and Norton Hall, Staffs.; buried 25 Jun 1833.
KING, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 12 Aug 1549 (Acts of Chapter).
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, 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.
KINGSMAN, HENRY LONG, son of William Long Kingsman DCL, Newbury, Berks., and Dorothea, dau. of Thomas Maunsell LLD KC MP, Counsel to Commissioners of Customs [I ?]; grandson of Thomas Kingsman (qv); bapt. 22 Jul 1775; adm. 24 Jan 1784; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1787; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jul 1792, called to bar 22 Jun 1798; appears to have been confined to Fleet Prison Apr 1802; d. in Jamaica 1802.