William Templeton King was vicar at Christ Church, Ealing Broadway, 1895-1929.
William Templeton King was born on 6 October 1849 in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), the eldest of the eight children of Richard Duncan King (1823-1905) and Mary Jane King née Adams (b. circa 1825).
His seven siblings were: Jane Steele King (1853-1940); Joshua Adams King (1855-1933); James Claude King (1857-1911); Richard Duncan King (1859-1943); John Steele King (1863-1915) and Ebenezer King (1866-1870).
On 11 August 1880 he married Beatrice Norton Grose (1861-1944) in St Mary's Church, Ealing, Middlesex (now Greater London), where in the marriage register he is shown as aged 30 years, a bachelor and a Clerk in Holy Orders, living in St George's Vicarage, Brentford, Middlesex (now Greater London), a son of Richard Duncan King, an insurance manager, whilst his wife was shown as aged 19 years and a spinster who was residing in St Mary's Ealing, the daughter of the late Thomas Grose, for sometime a Rector of St Peter upon Cornhill, London.
They were to have six children, including: Winifred Mary Isabella King (1883-1926); Lionel King (b.1886); Bernard William King (1888-1918) and Kathleen Helena Beatrice King (1897-1990).
In the census that was undertaken on 3 April 1881 he was shown as aged 31 years and the Vicar of St George's, Old Brentford, who was living at 28 High Street, Brentford, with his wife, his widowed mother-in-law Elizabeth Isabella Georgiana Twells, née Grose, née Dixon (1824-1906) and his sister-in-law Margaret Emma Twells, née Grose (1857-1891), together with a cook and a housemaid.
He was still living at 28 High Street, Brentford, when the census was compiled on 5 April 1891. He was shown as aged 41 years and Clerk in Holy Orders residing there with his wife and their three children: Winifred Mary Isabella King; Lionel King and Bernard William King who were listed as at school, together with two female domestic servants.
He was shown as aged 51 years and a Church of England Clergyman in the census that was conducted on 31 March 1901. He was residing at The Vicarage of Christ Church, Ealing Broadway, Ealing, with his wife, their four children and his mother-in-law, together with a female personal attendant, a cook, a parlourmaid and a nursemaid.
When he completed his census return form on 2 April 1911 he described himself as aged 61 years and a Clergyman in the Established Church who was living in a twelve room property, The Vicarage, 2 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, with his wife and three of their children: Winifred Mary Isabella King - an elementary school teacher; Bernard William King - a student at Oxford University and Kathleen Helena Beatrice King who was at school, together with a housekeeper, a cook, a housemaid and a between-maid. He also stated that his wife had given birth to six children, but that only four were still alive.
He completed his census return form on 19 June 1921. He showed himself as aged 71 years, 8 months and a Clerk in Holy Orders who was still residing at Christ Church Vicarage in Ealing, with two of their children: Winifred Mary Isabella Kind - a London County Council elementary school headmistress at St. Stephen's School, Westbourne Park Road, London, W2 and Kathleen Helena Beatrice King - a whole time medical student, together with three female general domestic servants.
His death was registered as aged 83 years in the 2nd quarter of 1933 in the East Preston Registration District, West Sussex. Probate records confirm his address had been 19 Georgia Avenue, Worthing, West Sussex and that he died on 28 May 1933. His body was . Probate was granted to his widow on 17 July 1933 and his effects totalled £3,085-7s-11d.
He is shown as REVD•W•TEMPLETON•KING•VICAR on the foundation stone of St Saviour's Church House, The Grove, London, W5.
Note: The (near the centre) shows The Parsonage to be immediately to the left, west, of Christ Church. This was probably 2 Uxbridge Road. We know that Uxbridge Road has been renumbered since that date.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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