Robert King

Canon Robert Stuart King (4 April 1862 – 4 March 1950) was an English international footballer and Anglican clergyman.

Family King was the sixth and youngest child of Rev. Walker King, Rector of Leigh-on-Sea, and Juliana Stuart. His brother Charles was also a footballer.

On his father's side, many of his relatives were prominent clergymen, including his uncle, Rt. Rev. Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, his grandfather, Ven. Walker King, Archdeacon of Rochester, and his great-grandfather, Rt. Rev. Walker King, Bishop of Rochester.

On his mother's side, his relatives included the diplomat Robert Stuart, the artist James Stuart and the Indian Army officer Charles "Hindoo" Stuart.

King married Ruby Elberta Kate Irene Dando in 1902. One of their four children was the cricketer Jasper King. He later studied at Hertford College, Oxford, obtaining his B.A. degree in 1885; In 1918 he was appointed honorary Canon of Chelmsford.

King also played for Upton Park and Grimsby Town in the 1880s.

Later life During World War Two he served in the Home Guard as a sergeant, but as a clergyman, he was not allowed to bear arms.