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.