James King King (6 November 1806 – 17 June 1881) was a

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politician. King King was the eldest son of James Simpkinson King (1767–1842) and Emma, daughter of Edward Vaux. He studied at

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, receiving a

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in 1829. In 1835, he married Mary Cochrane Mackenzie, daughter of Kenneth Francis Mackenzie. She was a sister of

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. Together they had three sons and seven daughters. He was elected MP for

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and held the seat until

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. King King was also a

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, a Deputy Lieutenant and, in 1845,

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. His family seat was Stanton Park at

Staunton on Arrow Staunton on Arrow is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England. The village is north-west of Hereford and to the west of Leominster. Within the parish is the site of the Iron Age hill fort of Wapley Hill. History St ...

, where he was a major landowner and

lord of the manor Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...

.''History, Topography & Directory of Herefordshire'', 1858, p.301

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* Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy Lieutenants of Herefordshire 1806 births 1881 deaths UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 High Sheriffs of Herefordshire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub