Lanchester King

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George Lanchester King[1] was the second Anglican Bishop of Madagascar[2] from 1899 to 1919.[3]

He was born in 1860 and educated at Clare College, Cambridge.[4] Ordained in 1884,[5] he began his career with curacies at St Andrew, Tudhoe Grange and Holy Trinity, Gateshead.[6] He was made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1884 (8 June) at St Andrew's Church, Bishop Auckland[7] and ordained priest the following Trinity Sunday (31 May 1885) at Durham Cathedral — both times by J. B. Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham.[8] He was then Vicar of St Mary, South Shields until 1899 when he was appointed to the colonial episcopate[9] — he was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's Day (29 June) 1899 by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.[10] On his return to England[11] he was Secretary of the Society for Propagation of the Gospel; then a Canon Residentiary of Rochester Cathedral (1923–1940) and an Assistant Bishop of Rochester (1928–1939). He died in Woking on 26 January 1941.[12]

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  1. ^ "University Intelligence. Cambridge, Jan. 17". The Times. No. 32599. 18 January 1889. p. 10 col F.
  2. ^ Open Library
  3. ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. ^ "King, George Lanchester (KN879GL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 860.
  7. ^ "Ordinations on Sunday last". Church Times. No. 1116. 13 June 1884. p. 446. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ "Ordinations on Sunday last". Church Times. No. 1167. 5 June 1885. p. 438. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence Consecration of Three Bishops". The Times. No. 35869. 30 June 1899. p. 8 col E.
  10. ^ "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 1901. 30 June 1899. p. 783. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  12. ^ Obituary Dr G.L. King The Times Wednesday, 19 February 1941; pg. 7; Issue 48854; col E

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Preceded by Anglican Bishop of Madagascar
1899 – 1919 		Succeeded by

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