| Type: | Bishop |
| George Lanchester King | |
| Bishop of Madagascar and Assistant Bishop to Diocese of Rochester | |
| Church: | Church of England |
| Birth Name: | George Lanchester King |
| Alma Mater: | Clare College, Cambridge |
George Lanchester King[1] was the second Anglican Bishop of Madagascar[2] from 1899 to 1919.[3]
He was born in 1860 and educated at Clare College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1884,[4] he began his career with curacies at St Andrew, Tudhoe Grange and Holy Trinity, Gateshead.[5] He was made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1884 (8 June) at St Andrew's Church, Bishop Auckland and ordained priest the following Trinity Sunday (31 May 1885) at Durham Cathedral — both times by J. B. Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham. He was then Vicar of St Mary, South Shields until 1899 when he was appointed to the colonial episcopate[6] — he was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's Day (29 June) 1899 by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. On his return to England[7] he was Secretary of the Society for Propagation of the Gospel; then a Canon Residentiary of Rochester Cathedral (1923–1940) and an Assistant Bishop of Rochester (1928–1939). He died in Woking on 26 January 1941.[8]