title: William Walker (principal)
text: # William Walker (principal)
  
  William Walker (1704 – 1761) was the principal of New Inn Hall and the president of St John's College, Oxford.
  
  ## Education
  
  He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) until c.1719.
  
  Matriculation at St John's College, Oxford (3 July 1719), Bachelor of Civil Law (1726), Doctor of Canon Law (1736).
  
  ## Career
  
  He was the Principal of New Inn Hall from 1745 until 1761 and the President of St. John's College, Oxford from 26 July 1757 until 30 November 1757 when he resigned and returned to New Inn Hall. Both positions (Principal and President) were the positions of Head of the College.
  
  He was rector of Barnsley, Gloucestershire (1744-1761) and Tackley (1743-1761). Walker was a Steward of the Old Abingdonian Club in 1749.
  
  