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

Biography

King was born in

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in 1706, the son of

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, the future Lord Chancellor. He attended

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, and was awarded his M.A. in 1723. He was Member of Parliament 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 Out-ranger of Windsor Forest 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 2 Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Launceston British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 Freemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub