George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston (9 April 1771 – 18 October 1839), styled Viscount Kingsborough from 1797 to 1799, was an Irish nobleman. He was the son of

Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754 – 17 April 1799) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was styled Viscount Kingsborough between 1768 and 1797. Biography He was the eldest surviving son of Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston and Jane Caulfeild. From ...

Mitchelstown Castle Mitchelstown Castle, the former home of the Anglo Irish Earls of Kingston, was located in the north County Cork town of Mitchelstown in Ireland. 15th to 18th century ''White Knights, Dark Earls'' is to date the most extensive published accoun ...

, who he succeeded in 1799. Mitchelstown Castle

He was returned as a Member of the

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for

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in 1798, vacating the seat in the following year when he succeeded his father to the peerage and briefly taking his seat in the

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before it was abolished in 1800 after the union with Great Britain. He was created Baron Kingston in the

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in 1821, thus giving him and his descendants an automatic seat in the UK

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. In 1823, he demolished the existing Palladian house on the Mitchelstown estate and replaced it with a new castle designed by James and George Richard Pain. It had 60 principal and 20 minor bedrooms, a 100-foot-long (30 m) gallery, three libraries, morning room, dining room (which could seat 100 guests at one sitting) and various other facilities. On 5 May 1794, he married Lady Helena, the daughter of

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. They had six children: *Lady Helena King (11 August 1793 – 20 November 1853), married Philip Davies-Cooke on 8 December 1829 *

Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough (16 November 1795 – 27 February 1837) was an Irish antiquarian who sought to prove that the indigenous peoples of the Americas were a Lost Tribe of Israel. His principal contribution was in making available ...

(1795–1837), antiquarian who predeceased his father *

Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston Robert Henry King, 4th Earl of Kingston (4 October 1796 – 21 January 1867), styled The Honourable Robert King until 1837 and Viscount Kingsborough between 1837 and 1839, was an Irish peer, soldier and Whig politician. Background and edu ...

(1796–1867); his heir *Hon. George King (20 August 1798 – 2 May 1801) * James King, 5th Earl of Kingston (1800–1869) *Lady Adelaide Charlotte King (died August 1854), married Charles Tankerville Webber (died March 1854), son of Daniel Webb Webber, on 2 August 1834 George King's sister

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married his wife's brother Stephen Moore, 2nd Earl Mount Cashell.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kingston, George King, 3rd Earl of 1771 births 1839 deaths Kingsborough, George King, Viscount

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Members of the Irish House of Lords Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Roscommon constituencies Earls of Kingston Peers of the United Kingdom created by George IV