The Ven John Russell Walker , MA was an eminent National Archives Anglican priestA "Memoir of Richard Durnford, D.D. sometime Bishop of Chichester, with selections from his correspondence" Stephens, W.R.W: London, Murray, 1899 in the last third of the 19th century.Chichester City Club
He was born in Bury on 18 June 1837Mancuniensis and educated at University College, Oxford.UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE . Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, 17 December 1859; Issue 5564 He was ordained in 1863 and was Curate of MiddletonChurch The Blackburn Standard (Blackburn, England), Wednesday, 4 March 1863; Issue 1466. 19th Century British Library Newspapers and then Walmersley.RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE . The Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, 26 April 1870; pg. 3; Issue 4583. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. The following year he married Augusta Margaret Hornby of Poole Hall, Nantwich.Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, 26 June 1871; pg. 7; Issue 30435. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II He was appointed a Canon of Manchester Cathedral in 1870 Diocese of Manchester The Times (London, England), Monday, 21 Nov 1870; pg. 10; Issue 26913 and then of Chichester in 1874.Multiple News Items The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, 6 June 1874; pg. 2; Issue 2919. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II In 1879 he became Archdeacon of Chichester,Multiple News Items . The Standard (London, England), Friday, 4 April 1879; pg. 5; Issue 17067. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II dying in post Hampshire Telegraph (Portsmouth, England), Saturday, 5 November 1887; Issue 5550 on 31 October 1887 Obituary The Ven J. Russell Walker The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 1 Nov 1887; pg. 7; Issue 32218 after a short illness.Illness of the Archdeacon of Chichester The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Monday, 31 October 1887; Issue 15464
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