Walker, George Francis
WALKER, GEORGE FRANCIS. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 29, 1895. S. of George Frederick, of Waterside, Ling- field, Surrey. B. there, Oct. 28, 1876. School, New College,
Eastbourne. Matric. Michs. 1895; B.A. 1898. Called to the
Bar, Inner Temple, May 9, 1906. Served in the Great War,
1914-19 (Private, R. Fusiliers {Public Schools Battn.);
Second Lieut., York and Lancaster Regt.; killed in action,
Dec. 7, 1916). {Law Lists; Univ. War List.)
WALKER, GEORGE SHERBROOKE. Adm. pens, at Corpus
Christi, Oct. 4, 1873. S. of the Rev. George [Edmund]
(St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1844), R. of Doddington, Cambs.
B Mar. 16, 1854, at Hilton, near Wolverhampton. School,
Repton. Matric. Michs. 1873; B.A. 1879; M.A. 1882. Ord.
deacon and priest (Worcester) 1879; C. of St John's, Lady- wood, Birmingham, 1879-85. V. of Christ Church, Summer-
field, Birmingham, 1885-1908. R. of March, Cambs., 1908-32.
Married, July 6, 1886, Jessie Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Edward
Carter, of Cheltenham, and had issue. Latterly of 172, Old
Bath Road, Cheltenham, where he died Jan. 14, 1936; buried
at March. Brother of Charles E. (1876). {Repton Sch. Reg.;
Crockford; The Times, Jan. 16, 1936.)
WALKER, GEORGE WALKER. Adm. sizar at Trinity. Oct. i,
1894. S. of John [accountant]. B. Feb. 24, 1874, at Aberdeen.
Schools, Gordon's College, Aberdeen and Royal CoUege of Science, South Kensington. Matric. Michs. 1894; Scholar,
1895; B.A. (4/;j Wrangler) 1897; (Maths. Trip., Pt 11, ist
Class, 1898); Smith's prize, 1899; Isaac Newton Student, 1899; M..A.. 1901. Fellow, 1900. Studied at Gottingen, 1901.
Lecturer in physics at Glasgow University, 1903-8. F.R.S.,
1913. Superintendent of Eskdalemuir Observatory, 1908-12. With the magnetic re-survey of the British Isles, 1915. Chief
Scientist, Royal Naval Mining School, at Portsmouth, 1919- 21. Married, 1904, Agnes Elizabeth, dau. of James Gifford,
art-dealer, of Aberdeen. Author, Modern Seismology, etc.
Died Sept. 6, 1921, in London. (Reg. of Royal Coll. of Science;
Who was Who; Scott, MSS.; The Times, Sept. 8, 1921.)
WALKER, GERALD PHILBRICK. Adm. at Trinity Hall,
Oct. 1893. [3rd] s. of Frederick, [solicitor], of Carlton House,
Halifax. B. Apr. 30, 1875. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs.
1893; B.A. 1896. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Nov. 12, 1894.
Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1898. On the North-Eastem
Circuit. {Rugby Sch. Reg., as 'Gerard'; Law Lists.)
WALKER, GILBERT THOMAS. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Dec. 22, 1885. S. of Thomas [civil-engineer], of Hazel Hyrst,
Duppa's HiU, Croydon, Surrey. B. June 14, 1868, at Roch-
dale, Lanes. School, St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1886; Thomas Barnes Scholar, 1887; Sheepshanks Scholar, 1888; B.A.
{Senior Wrangler) 1889; (Math. Trip., Pt II, 1st Class, 1890);
M.A. 1893; Adams prize, 1899; Sc.D. 1904. Fellow, 1891.
F.R.S., 1904. Special Scientific Assistant to the Meteoro-
logical Reporter to the Government of India, 1902: Meteoro-
logical Reporter and Director-General of Indian observatories,
1904-24. C.S.I., 1911; Knighted, 1924. Prof essor of Meteoro-
logy, Imperial College of Science and Technology, 1924-34. F.R.A.S.; F.R.Met.S., Hon. Ph.D., Calcutta. Hon. Fellow,
Imperial College, 1946. Married, May 13, 1908, May Constance,
dau. of C. S. Carter, Esq., of Maidenhead, and had issue. Author,
Aberration; The Theory of Electromagnetism; etc. Living at
Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge, in 1950. {Reg. of St Paul's Sch. ; India Office Lists; Burke, Knightage; The Times, May 16, 1908.)
WALKER, HAROLD. Adm. at King's, Oct. 7, 1893. S. of Samuel, M.R.C.S., of Ashleigh, Middlesbrough. School,
Uppingham. Matric. Michs. 1893; B.A. 1896; M.B., B.Chir.
and M.A. 1902. At St Bartholomew's Hospital; House Surgeon there. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1901; F.R.C.S., 1905.
Ophthalmic Surgeon, Eston Hospital. Practised at Middles- brough. J. P. for Middlesbrough. Brother of .Arthur S. (1899).
{King's Coll. Reg.; Medical Directories.)
WALKER, HAROLD BRIDGWOOD. Adm. pens, (age 19) at
Jesus, Oct. i, 1881. [2nd] s. of the Rev. James Harold (and
Mary Walker, dau. of Sampson Bridgwood). B. [Apr. 26,
1862], at DUhome, Staffs. School, Shrewsbury. Matnc.
Michs. 1881. Lieut., the Duke of Comwaiirs Light Infantry',
1884. Served in the NUe Expedition, 1884-5. Captain, 1891.
D.A.Q.M.G., India, 1898-1900. Served in the South African
War, 1899-1902 (mentioned in despatches; D.S.O.). Major,
T902. Transferred to Border Regt., 1904; Lieut. -Col. 1908;
Colonel, 1912. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Brigadier- General, 1914, on the General Staff of the Australian and New
Zealand Army Corps; mentioned in despatches several times;
twice wounded. C.B., 1915; K.C.B., 1918; K.C.M.G., 1919;
Major-General, 1916). Commanded the British Forces in Italy,
1919. Retired, May 1928. Married, 1887, Harriet Edith, dau.
of Thomas Coulthard, of Plymouth, and had issue. Latterly
of Palace Lodge, Crediton, Devon, where he died Nov. 5,
1934. {Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; Army Lists; The V.C. and
D.S.O.; Who was Who; The Times, Nov. 6, 1934)
Walker, Herbert Milnes
WALKER, HENRY. Adm. (age 18) at King's, a scholar from Eton, Oct. 4, 1752. [B. at Bocking, Essex.] Matric. Michs.
1752; B A. 1757; M.A. 1760. Fellow, 1755-62. Ord. deacon (London) June 13, 1756. Probably R. of Kettlebaston, Suffolk, in 1768. (Eton Coll. Reg )
WALKER, HENRY. .\dm. FeU.-Com. (age 29) at Magdalene,
Nov. 25, 1815. S. of Benjamin [of Norwich; died, 1827] (and
Sarah). School, Holt. Ord. deacon (Norwich) July 20, 1817;
priest, Nov. 16, 1817; 'of Magdalene College, Cambridge.' Lived subsequently at Bury St Edmunds, Great Bromley Hall,
Essex and ia Fitzroy Square, London. Described in his
father's WOl (P.C.C. 558 Heber) as 'My son. Rev. Henry
Walker of Overton, alias Orton LonguevUle, near Peter-
borough.' Died Mar. 10, 1848, 'aged 62,' at Fitzroy Square. Owing to family dissensions an inquest was held on his body
when it had already been interred in Highgate cemetery;
a verdict of death by natural causes was recorded. Father of
Hopson P. (1849). (Robert R. Walker; G. Mag., 1848, i. 557.)
WALKER, HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Peterhouse, Apr.
25, 1838. 2nd s. of the Rev. John (1792): R- "i Cottered,
Herts. B. there, Feb. 15, 1820. School, under bis father.
Matric. Michs. 1838. Migrated to Sidney, July 7, 1840; B.A.
(S6th Wrangler) 1842; M.A. 1846. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, for
Tuam) 1844; priest iTuam) 1846; C. of Burrishoole, Co.
Mayo, 1844-6; C. of Myddle, Salop, 1847; C. of IsUp, Oxon.,
1847-8. C. of Epwell and Shutford, 1849-50. C. of Lopham,
Norfolk, 185 1-2. C. of Buxhall, Suffolk, 1853-5. V. of
Ludham, Norfolk, 1851-86. Married, 1858, Lydia, eldest dau.
of the Ven. John Banks Hollingworth, D.D., Archdeacon of
Huntingdon. Resided latteriy at New Hunstanton. Died
Nov. 21,1898. Brotherof John T. (1833). (T. A. Walker, 460; Crockford; The Times, Nov. 23, 1898.)
WALKER, HENRY. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Oct. 1898.
Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A. 1901; M.A. 1905. Ord. deacon
(St David's) 1902; priest, 1904; Chaplain of South Wales
and Monmouth Training College, Carmarthen, 1902-5. Vice-
Principal of York Training College, 1905-8; Principal, 1908-
35. R. of Little Bentley, Essex, 1935-42. Died May 16, 1942.
(Uppingham Sch. Roll; Crockford; The Times, May 18, 1942.)
WALKER, HENRY COLIN. Adm. at King's, Oct. 7, 1899- S. of Henry, assistant secretary to the G.N. railway, of London.
B. Sept. 10, 1880. School, St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1909. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1904; priest
(Southwark) 1905; C. of Christ Church, East Greenwich,
1904-7. C. of Kersal Moor, Lanes., 1907-8. C. of St Anne's, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, 1908-11. V. of Christ Church,
Great Warley, Essex, 1911-24. V. of St Luke's, Bedminster, Somerset, 1924-34. V. of Holme, Westmorland, 1934-9- R-
of Hepworth, Suffolk, 1939-46. Married, 1907, Ruth, dau. of
the Rev. W. H. Dalton, of Seagrave, Leics. Of Watling Street,
St Albans, in 195 1. (Reg. of St Paul's Sch. ; King's Coll. Reg. ; Crockford.)
WALKER, HENRY DE ROSENBACH. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
May 12, 1885. S. of Robert Frederick, of Charlton Court,
near Staines, Middlesex (and Marie von Rosenbach). B.
May 30, 1867, at Sunbur>', Middlesex. School, Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1885 ; B.A. 1888. A Clerk in the Foreign Office,
1889-92. M.P. for the Melton div. of Leicestershire, 1906-10. Alderman, L.C.C., 1919. Travelled in Russia, Central Asia
and the Far East, etc. Married, Feb. 14, 1900, Maud Eleanor,
dau. of the Rev. D. W. Chute, R. of Sherborne St John,
Hants., and had issue. Author, Australasian Democracy; The West Indies and the Empire, etc. Died July 31, 1923.
(Winchester Coll. Reg.; Who was Who.)
WALKER, HENRY JOHN. Adm. pens, at St John's, Mar. 20, 1849. S. of the Rev. W[illiam], R. of Slingsby, Yorks. (and
Catharine). Bapt. May 23, 1830. Schools, Sedbergh and
Oakham (The Rev. W. S. Wood). Matric. Michs. 1849; B.A.
1854. Ord. deacon (York) Dec. 18, 1853; priest, Dec. 21,
1854; C. of Slingsby, Yorks., 1853-5- K- ^i Burythorpe,
1855-1912. Died Sept. 23, 1912. Brother of Thomas (1845).
(Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Eagle, xxxiv. 269; Crockford; The Guardian, Sept. 27, 1912.)
WALKER (post MARRIOTT), HENRY MARRIOTT. Adm. pens,
at Christ's, Oct. 7, 1875- S. of Henry W. B. Feb. 11, 1857.
at Bawtry, Lanes. School, Repton. Matnc. Michs. 1875; B.A. 1880. Assumed the name of Marriott in place of Walker,
1879. Died in Jan. 1881. (Peile, 11. 644; Changes of Name.)
WALKER, HERBERT MILNES. Adm. at Clare, Mar. 21, 1885.
[Younger s. of Thomas, Esq., of Oakwood Grange, Roundhay,
Leeds.] Matric. Michs. 1885; exhibitioner; B.A. 1888; M.A.
1892. Ord. deacon (Durham) 1890; priest, 1892; C. of
St Peter's, Bishop Wearmouth, Co. Durham, iSga-z. C. of
Cossall, Notts., 1892-4. V of Littleover, Derbs., 1894-1909.
R. of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, 1909-24. Publ. Pr., dio. of Bristol from 1925. Rural Dean of Malmesbury, 1933. Hon.
Canon of Bristol, 1937. Married (i) June 28, 1894, Annie,
dau. of F. H. Pilley, Esq., of Upper Norwood; (2) Sept. 14,
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