George Walker (1645-1690)
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Colonel The Reverend George Walker Doctor of Divinity (1645-1690), Defender of Derry was a National hero of his time. He was joint Governor of Londonderry during the Siege of Derry in 1689 and received the thanks of the House of Commons for his work. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Boyne on July 1st 1690, whilst going to the aid of Frederic Schomberg, Commander-in-Chief of all English forces in Ireland, who was wounded during the crossing of the river.
External links
- Some genealogical research relating to George Walker, the Walker (http://www.home.earthlink.net/~chrisgosnell/geneal/walker1.html#GEOR3) family and his descendants.
- An oil painting of George Walker (http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=sp&sText=George+Walker&rNo=0) is held by the National Portrait Gallery in London.
- The Walker Club (http://www.abod.info/forum/parent.asp) was formed in 1844 in Londonderry to perpetuate the memory of the Rev. George Walker. This page contains an illustration of Walkers Column of which only the plinth remains after the column was destroyed by a terrorist bomb during the more recent troubles.