KINGSLEY

Charles (son of Charles Kingsley 1782–1860, R. of Chelsea, Middle sex). b. Holme vicarage, South Devon 12 June 1819; ed. at Clifton, Helston gr. sch., King’s coll. London and Magd. coll. Camb., scholar 1839; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1860; C. of Eversley, Hants. July 1842 to May 1844, R. of Eversley, May 1844 to death; canon of Middle ham, Derby shire 1845 to death; profe or of English literature, Queen’s coll. Harley st. London 1848–49; F.L.S. 1857; F.G.S. 1863; domestic chaplain to viscount Sidney 1843 to death; one of H.M.’s chaplains in ord. 12 July 1859 to death; regius prof. of modern history in univ. of Cambridge 25 June 1860, resigned 1869; chaplain to prince of Wales 16 Feb. 1863 to death; edited Fraser’s Mag. for J. A. Froude 1867; canon of Chester 1869–73; canon of Westminster 4 April 1873 to death; author of The saint’s tragedy, or the true story of Elizabeth of Hungary 1848; Twenty-five village sermons 1849; Alton Locke, tailor and poet: an autobiography 2 vols. 1850 anon., 9 ed. 1881; Cheap clothes and nasty. By Parson Lot 1850; Yeast: a problem by C.K. 1851, 5 ed. 1881; Hypatia 2 vols. 1853, 2 ed. 1881; Westward Ho! 3 vols. 1855, 3 ed. 1881; Glaucus or the wonders of the shore 1855, 4 ed. 1859; Two years ago, a novel 3 vols. 1857, 3 ed. 1881; The water-babies, a fairy tale 1863, 3 ed. 1886; Here ward the Wake 1866, 3 ed. 1881; The Works of C. Kingsley 28 vols. 1884–85. d. Eversley rectory 23 Jany. 1875. Charles Kingsley, his letters and memories of his life. Edited by his wife 2 vols. (1877), portrait ; Illustrated Review , vol. ii 257–60, portrait ; Cartoon portraits (1873) 90–93, portrait ; Modern men of letters. By J. H. Fris well (1870) 313–32; Illust. news of the world , viii (1861), portrait ; C. K. Paul’s Biographical sketches (1883) 115–39; Alton Lock, new ed. (1876), memoir by T. Hughes ; T. H. Ward’s English poets 2 ed. iv 608–14 (1883); F. M. Muller’s Biographical e ays (1884) 363–83.