Kings, Graham

Date of creation: 1980 to 2000
Extent: 2 boxes
CCCW Catalogue: GRK
Keywords: Henry Martyn Trust, Henry Martyn Library, Kenya, David Gitari, Mount Kenya East, Anglican Church, mission, Cambridge

Graham Kings (b.1953) studied at Hertford College, Oxford, and trained for ministry at Ridley Hall in Cambridge. After ordination in 1980, he served a curacy in London. From 1985 to 1991, he and his wife Alison worked at St. Andrew’s Institute in Kabare, Kenya, working with Bishop David Gitari in the Diocese of Mount Kenya East. On return to U.K. he became the first Henry Martyn Lecturer in Mission Studies and founding director of the Henry Martyn Centre, Cambridge, overseeing the removal of the Library to Westminster College. This collection contains his letters from Kenya, Cambridge, and other places, as well as his general writings and sermons and papers related to the work of the Henry Martyn Trust and the establishment of the Henry Martyn Centre in the 1990s.

Further resources

• .pdf catalogue of this collection