Person
William Wallis King
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- Alternative names
- Unknown
- Gender
- Assigned male at birth
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Ethnicity
- Unknown
- Languages
- English
- Occupations
- Unknown
Born in Gloucester in 1832, King was a student in the Military Department at King’s between 1848 and 1850. After leaving King’s, he became Ensign in 1850, Lieutenant in 1852, and Captain in 1862. He served with the 12th Royal Lancers in 1850, the 17th Lancers in 1855, and then with the 3rd Light Division and the 2 Dragoon Guards. He was active in Malta, the East Indies, and Turkey. King married Katherine Selina Sullivan in July 1861. He died aged 41-42 in August 1874.