Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston

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(29 March 1726 – 8 November 1797) was an

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politician and peer. He was the eldest son of

Sir Henry King, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry King, 3rd Baronet PC (I) (c. 1681 – 1 January 1740) was an Anglo-Irish politician. King was the second son of Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet, and Frances Gore. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Boyle ...

and Isabella Wingfield, daughter of Edward Wingfield. He had a twin sister Frances, who married Hans Widman Wood of Rosmead,

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and had issue, including Isabella. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for

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between 1749 and 1760, before sitting for County Sligo from 1761 to 1764. 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.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). Lord Kingston held the office of

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between 1772 and his death in 1797, and was made a member of the

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on 20 January 1794. He was a

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, who served two terms as Grand Master of the

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; between 1761 and 1763, and 1769 to 1770.

Family

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,

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: they were the parents of

Edward King-Tenison Edward King Tenison (21 January 1805 – 19 June 1878) was an Irish Whig and Liberal politician and photographer. Early life and family Born in 1805 at Kilronan Castle, King Tenison was the son of Thomas Tenison and Lady Frances King. He was ...

, the Whig politician and pioneering photographer.

References

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Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Irish House of Lords Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Roscommon constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Sligo constituencies Earls of Kingston