Walter Kerr Hamilton (16 November 1808 – 1 August 1869) was a

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priest,

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from 1854 until his death.

Biography

He was born on 16 November 1808, educated at

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, tutored by

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, and then attended Christ Church,

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, where he took a first class degree in Greats. He was elected to a

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ship at

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in 1832. He was made

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in 1833 and ordained priest in December of the same year. He was a

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1833–34, then served as curate to Edward Denison, another Fellow at Merton and vicar at the parish of

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. Upon Denison's appointment as

in 1837, Hamilton succeeded him as vicar, remaining until 1841. He subsequently became a canon-resident of Salisbury. Upon Denison's death on 1 August 1854, aged 60, Hamilton succeeded him as Bishop. In 1860, he founded Salisbury Theological College (now

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). His private papers are currently in the possession of the Archives of

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, Oxford.

Family

Hamilton was born into an ecclesiastical family, the son of Anthony Hamilton (Archdeacon of Taunton), the nephew of William Richard Hamilton, and the grandson of Anthony Hamilton (Archdeacon of Colchester) and his wife Anne Terrick, daughter of

Richard Terrick Richard Terrick (baptised 20 July 1710 – 31 March 1777) was a Church of England clergyman who served as Bishop of Peterborough 1757–1764 and Bishop of London 1764–1777. Life Terrick was born in York, the eldest son of Samuel Terrick, rec ...

(Bishop of London). Hamilton married Isabel Elizabeth Lear on 9 January 1845. His daughter, Eleanor Frances Hamilton, married Ernest Kingscote (9 September 1856 – 16 June 1934) in 1887.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Walter Kerr 1808 births 1869 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Bishops of Salisbury Fellows of Merton College, Oxford People educated at Eton College