Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet PC (I) (circa 1625 – March 1707) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the State rel ...

politician.

Biography

King was the second son of Sir Robert King and his first wife Frances Folliott, daughter of

Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott (1568–1622) was an English soldier in the Irish army. He fought in the Nine Years' War (Ireland), Nine Years' War and then in the suppression of O'Doherty's rebellion at the Siege of Tory Island. Birth and ...

and Anne Strode. He represented the seat of

Ballyshannon Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 road (Ireland), N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 road (Ireland), N15 crosses the River Erne. The town was inc ...

in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...

between 1661 and 1666. On 27 September 1682 he was created a Baronet, of Boyle Abbey, in the

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. He sat for

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from 1692 to 1693 and again from 1696 to 1699. In 1695 he was made a member of the

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. He finally sat for Boyle between 1703 and his death in 1707.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). He married Frances Gore, daughter of Lt-Col Henry Gore and Mary Blayney. He was succeeded by his eldest son, John King. A descendant of his second son, Henry King, was created

Earl of Kingston Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston, Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. The Earl holds the subsidiary titles Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Rosc ...

in 1768.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Sir Robert, 1st Baronet Year of birth unknown 1707 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1692–1693 Irish MPs 1695–1699 Irish MPs 1703–1713

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Roscommon constituencies Year of birth uncertain Irish MPs 1661–1666