King, Henry Vernon, son of Henry John King FCA, Treasurer Gravesend BC, and Dorothy Margaret, d. of John Hanks Cooper of Gravesend; b. 2 May 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (R), KS Sept. 1932; left July 1936; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), regazetted FO 1948; AFRAeS 1948; aircraft designer De Havilland Aircraft Co. 1946-59; project designer Plessey Co. 1959-80; tech. co-ordinator Marconi Underwater Systems Ltd 1980-3; retd 1983; m. 12 Dec. 1942 Yvonne Peta, d. of Mrs E. D. Caine of Hoddesdon, Herts; d. 11 Aug. 2008.
KING, HENRY, eldest son of John King (elected to Oxford 1576, qv); bapt. 16 Jan 1591/2; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1608, matr. 20 Jan 1608/9, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1616; BA 1611; MA 1614; BD and DD 1625; ordained; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 24 Jan 1615/6 – Feb 1641/2; Archdeacon of Colchester 10 Apr 1617 – Feb 1641/2; Rector of Fulham, Middlesex 18 Nov 1618 – Feb 1641/2; Chaplain to James I; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 3 Mar 1623/4 – Feb 1641/2; Dean of Rochester 6 Feb 1638/9 – Feb 1641/2; consecrated Bishop of Chichester 6 Feb 1641/2; ejected during the Commonwealth and reinstated at the Restoration; the old altar books of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, were presented by him in 1638 (Thompson, Christ Church, 258); friend of Ben Jonson (qv), Isaac Walton and John Donne; author, Poems, 1657; m. Anne, eldest dau. of Robert Berkeley; d. 30 Sep 1669. DNB.
KING, ISAAC, son of Isaac King, High Wycombe, Bucks., and Elizabeth Shrimpton; b. 21 Mar 1776; adm. 17 Jul 1787; KS 1791; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1795, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1795, aged 19, scholar 8 Apr 1796, matr. 1796; migr. to Trinity Hall, Cambridge; LLB 1801; ordained; Perpetual Curate of St. Leonard’s, Bucks., 1802, and of Lee, Bucks.; Vicar of High Wycombe, Bucks., from 13 Mar 1805; Rector of Halton, Bucks., 16 Jul 1805-26; Chaplain to Prince Regent; m. 23 Jun 1803 Hester Maria, dau. of William Beeston Coyte MD, Ipswich, Suffolk; d. 20 Jan 1832.
KING, JAMES, brother of Walker King (adm. 1811, qv); bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 25 Dec 1801 (IGI); adm. Lady Day 1814; KS (aged 14) 1815; left Easter 1816; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1818; BA 1822; MA 1825; ordained deacon (Rochester) 1825, priest (Bath and Wells) 1825; Rector of Longfield, Kent, from 24 Jun 1825; Vicar of Frindsbury, Kent 31 Aug 1825; Rector of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 18 Dec 1825; m. 30 Jul 1825 Maria, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. Hon. George Carleton, Inspector of Militia, Canada; d. 21 Jun 1864.
KING, JOHN, son of Philip King, Worminghall, Bucks., Page to Henry VIII, and Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Conquest, Houghton Conquest, Beds.; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1576, Westminster Student 18 Jun 1577-91; BA 26 Jan 1679/80; MA 15 Feb 1582/3 (incorp. Cambridge 1584); BD 1591; DD 1601; Proctor 1589; ordained; Domestic Chaplain to Most Rev. John Piers, Archbishop of York; Prebendary of Salisbury 17 Feb 1589 – c. Mar 1590; Archdeacon of Nottingham 12 Aug 1590- Sep 1611; Rector of St. Andrew’s, Holborn 10 May 1597-1611; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 16 Aug 1599- Sep 1611; Chaplain in Ordinary to Elizabeth I and James I; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 4 Aug 1605-11; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1607-11; Prebendary of Lincoln 16 Dec 1610- Sep 1611; consecrated Bishop of London 8 Sep 1611; a learned divine and styled by James I “the King of Preachers”; the last bishop to burn a heretic (Thompson, Christ Church, 47); m. Joan, dau. of Henry Freeman, Staffs.; d. 30 Mar 1621.
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, only son of John King MD, Stamford, Lincs., physician and classical writer, and Lucy, sister of William Morice (qv); bapt. St. George’s, Stamford, Lincs. 23 Jan 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Jul 1738 (Hutton's); left 1746; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Aug 1746; ordained; Rector of Pertenhall, Beds., 1752-1800; m. 1752 Margaret, dau. of Rev. Hans Deveil; d. 6 Oct 1812.
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).