John King, 2nd Baron King, FRS (13 January 1706 – 10 February 1740) was an

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politician.

Biography

King was born in

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in 1706, the son of

Peter King, 1st Baron King Peter King, 1st Baron King, (c. 1669 – 22 July 1734), commonly referred to as Lord King, was an English lawyer and politician, who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Life King was born in Exeter in 1669, and educated at Exeter Gram ...

, the future Lord Chancellor. He attended

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, and was awarded his

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in 1723. He was

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for Launceston from 1727 to 1734 and for

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from 1734 until he succeeded to the peerage in 1735. He was made

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in 1726. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Robert Fry, Esq., of Devon: they had no issue. King died in 1740 on a journey to

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. He was succeeded by his brother

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References

King, John King, 2nd Baron King, John King, 2nd Baron Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Exeter

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