Edward King, 1st Earl of KingstonPC (I) (29 March 1726 – 8 November 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Biographyedit
He was the eldest son of Sir Henry King, 3rd Baronet and Isabella Wingfield, daughter of Edward Wingfield. He had a twin sister Frances, who married Hans Widman Wood of Rosmead, County Westmeath and had issue, including Isabella. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Boyle between 1749 and 1760, before sitting for County Sligo from 1761 to 1764.[1] On 22 May 1755 he succeeded to the family baronetcy following the premature death of his elder brother, Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough. On 15 July 1764 he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Kingston and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. He was further honoured when he was made Viscount Kingston on 15 November 1766 and Earl Kingston on 25 August 1768, both also Irish peerages.[2]
He married Jane Caulfeild, daughter of Thomas Caulfeild and Peggy Jordan, on 5 January 1752 and had seven children. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest surviving son, Robert. His daughter Jane married Lawrence Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse. Another daughter Frances married Thomas Tenison. of Kilronan Castle, County Roscommon: they were the parents of Edward King-Tenison, the Whig politician and pioneering photographer.
Referencesedit
^E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.100 (Retrieved 6 October 2016).
^E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.100 (Retrieved 6 October 2016).
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