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King, William, 1786-1865
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1786-1865
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.