James Walker (bishop)

James Walker (1770–1841) was an Anglican bishop who served as the Bishop of Edinburgh (1830–1841) and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1837–1841).

He was born in Fraserburgh on 24 January 1770, son of Alexander Walker and Jane Ramsey. He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen from 1785 to 1789, where he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in 1789. He continued his education at St John's College, Cambridge, where awarded a Bachelor of Arts in 1793, another Master of Arts in 1796, and a Doctor of Divinity in 1826. He married Madeline Erskine on 20 February 1821.

He was ordained in the Anglican ministry a deacon on 3 April 1793 and a priest on 5 May 1805. During that period, he was tutor to Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet, of Craighall, from 1793 to 1805. Walker's first pastoral appointment was the Incumbent of St Peter's Church, Edinburgh (1807–29) and Old St Paul's Church, Edinburgh (1821–22). He was also the Dean of Edinburgh (1810–18) and Pantonian Professor of Theology at the Edinburgh Theological College (1824–41).