Modern English biography

KING, THOMAS. _b._ 1777 or 1778; entered Madras army 1799; col. 19 Madras N.I. 1845 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ Louisa terrace, Exmouth 29 Dec. 1859. KING, THOMAS. _b._ Silver st. Stepney, London 14 Aug. 1835; in the navy a short time; foreman of labourers at Victoria Docks, London; beat Tom Truckle of Portsmouth £50 a side, 49 rounds in 62 minutes 27 Nov. 1860; beat Wm. Evans known as Young Broome £50 a side, 43 rounds in 42 minutes 21 Oct. 1861; beaten by James Mace £200 a side, 43 rounds in 68 minutes 28 Jany. 1862; beat James Mace £200 a side and the championship, 21 rounds in 38 minutes 26 Nov. 1862; resigned the championship and would not fight Mace again; fought John Camel Heenan for £1000 a side and the championship at Wadhurst, Kent 10 Dec. 1863 when King won in 24 rounds lasting 35 minutes, this fight brought him in by means of stakes and presents nearly £4000; stood 6 feet 2¼ inches and weighed 176 lbs.; a bookmaker 1863 to death; sculled races on the river 1867; took many prizes at flower shows in and around London. _d._ of bronchitis at Clarence house, Clarence road, Clapham, London 4 Oct. 1888, value of his personalty declared at £54,472. _H. D. Miles’s Pugilistica_, _iii_ 490–518 (1881), _portrait_; _Modern Boxing, By Pendragon_ [_Henry Sampson_] (1879) 43–50, 57–78; _Sporting Times 13 March 1875_, _portrait_; _W. E. Harding’s Champions of the American prize ring_ (1888) 54–9, _portrait_. KING, THOMAS WILLIAM. _b._ 21 June 1801; F.S.A. 14 Jany. 1836, on library committee 1853–65, a contributor to the Archæologia and to the Proceedings of the Soc. of Antiquaries; Rouge Dragon pursuivant, Herald’s Office, London 20 May 1833 to 17 June 1848, York Herald 17 June 1848 to death; wrote Lancashire Funeral certificates, Chetham Society vol. 75 (1869); The pedigree of sir Philip Sidney. By R. Cooke. The restorations made by T. W. King 1869. _d._ Leicester road, New Barnett 4 Feb. 1872. KING, Walker (son of Walker King 1751–1827, bishop of Rochester). _b._ St. Marylebone, London 1798; ed. at Westminster and Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1821, M.A. 1822; R of Stone, Kent 6 July 1822 to death; P.C. of Bromley, Kent 1824–7; preb. of Rochester 1827 to death; archdeacon of Rochester 25 June 1827 to death, installed 6 July 1827; author of The revival of diocesan synods, a charge 1838. _d._ Woodside, Stone, Kent 13 March 1859. KING, WILLIAM (son of rev. John King, master of Ipswich gr. sch.) _b._ Ipswich 17 April 1786; ed. at Peterhouse coll. Camb., fellow 1806–21; B.A. 1809, M.A. 1812, M.D. 1819; F.R.C.P. 1820, delivered Harveian oration 1843; lived at Brighton 1823 to death; wrote a small monthly periodical entitled The Co-operator, May 1828 to July 1830; consulting phys. to Sussex county hospital 1842–61; published Observations on the artificial mineral waters of Dr. Struve prepared at Brighton 1826; The Institutions of De Fellenberg 1842; Medical Essays