George Washington Walker (1856-1914) was elected to The Lambs between 1875-1877. He was one of the five charter members of The Lambs who signed the articles of incorporation with the State of New York on May 7, 1877. Walker was one of the ushers at the funeral of founding Shepherd Henry J. Montague in August 1878 at the Church of the Transfiguration.
Walker was born Feb. 22, 1856, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He moved to New York and entered the growing fire insurance business.
Walker married Caroline “Carrie” Hilliard in 1887 in Manhattan. She was the youngest sister of Lamb Robert Cochran Hilliard, nicknamed “Handsome Bob.” They had one son, Robert, the following year, who went on to a notable motion picture career.
On February 15, 1914, Walker was home at 113 W. 43rd Street, around the corner from The Lambs, when he suffered a medical emergency related to recent mastoid tumor surgery. He died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital. He was 57. He is interred in his hometown, Allentown, in Union West-End Cemetery, beside his parents.
—Researched & Written by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, Shepherd of The Lambs.