Edward King (bishop of Lincoln)
Edward King | |
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| Bishop of Lincoln | |
King in 1889 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| In office | 1885 to 1910 |
| Predecessor | Christopher Wordsworth |
| Successor | Edward Hicks |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1854 |
| Consecration | c. 1885 by Edward White Benson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1829 |
| Died | 8 March 1910 (aged 80) |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
Edward King (29 December 1829 – 8 March 1910) was a British Anglican bishop and academic. From 1885 to 1910, he served as Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. Before his consecration to the episcopate, he was principal of Cuddesdon College (1863–1873), an Anglo-Catholic theological college, and then Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford (1873–1885).