KINGSTON. 403 TV. 1728, J h James (King), Baron Kingston [I.], M and yet. to but only surv. s. and h., 4. 1093 ; sue. to the peerage [I.], Feb. 1761. 1727/8, taking his seat, 6 May 1728 ; P.O. [1.], 1729. He hi. firstly Elizabeth, widow of Sir Ralph Freke, 1st Bart, (who d. 1718), da. of Sir John Meade, 1st Bart. [I.], by his third wife, Elizabeth, da. of Pierce (Butler), 2d Viscount Ikerrin [T.] She d. 6 Oct. 1750, at Ufton Court, and wps bur. at Mitchelstown.^) He m. secondly, !) Dec 5751. at Pangbourne, Berks, Isabella, widow of Admiral Sir Challoner Ogle. She d. in London, 9 Dec. 1761, and was bur, at Mitchelstowu. Will pr. 1761. He d. s.p.m.s. (three weeks later) 28 Dec. 1761, at his residence, Martyr Worthy, Hants, and was OUT. at Mitchelstown, when the peerage became cxtinet-( h ) Will pr. Feb. 1762. Earldom [I.] /. Sm Edward King, Hart. [[.], of llockingham, co. I J7G8 Roscommon, 2d s. of Sir Henry King, 3.1 Bart. [I.], by Isabella, sister of Richard, 1st Viscount Powerscourt [[.], da. of Edward Wing- kield, of Powerscourt, co. Wicklow, was b. 2D March 1726 ; M.P. for co, Roscommon, 1749-60, and for co. Sligo, 1761-64, and having stir, to the Baronetcy [I.], 22 May 1755, by the death of his br., Robert, Baron KlNGSBOROUGit [I.], waiter., 18 July 1764, BARON KINGSTON" OF ROCKINGHAM, cp. Ro3cummon,( c ) taking his seat 2 Dec 1765. He was a: VISCOUNT KINGSTON OF KINGS- BOROl'GH, co. Sligo [I.]. 15 Nov. 1766, taking his seat 20 Oct. 1767, and filially was cc, 25 Aug. 176S, EARL OF KINGSTON [I.], taking his seat 17 Oct. 1769. He m., 5 May 1752, Jane, da. {Query illegit. '!) of Thomas Caui.kiki.d, of Donamon, co. Roscommon. She d. April 1784. He d. 8 Nov. 1797, aged 71. II. 1797. 2. Robert (King), Earl of Kingston, &c. [I.], 1st and only surv. s. and h., b. 1754; sli/led. Viscount Kingsuorough, 1768-97 ; M.P, for co. Cork, 1783-97 ; sue. In the peerage [I], 8 Nov. 1797, He m., 5 Dec. 1769, Caroline, da. and h. of Richard Fitz Gerald, of Mount Ophaly, co. Kildare, by Margaret, da. and b. of James (King), 4th and last Bakon Kingston [I.], which lady inherited the estate of Mitchelstown, &c.C) H> 17 April 1799, aged 45. His widow d. at Roehampton, Surrey, 13 Jan. 1828, aged 6S years and two months, and was bur. in Putney churchyard. M.I. Will pr. 1S23. lir. 1799. ■!. George (King), Eabl oe Kingston, &c. [I.], 1st s. and h., b. 2S April 1771, at Chelsea, and ba/>. there ; sti/lvd Viscount KlNOSBOHOCOH 1797-99 ; M.P. for co. Roscommon, 179S-99; sue. to the peerage fX.]i 17 April 1799. Rei Peek [I.], 1807-39. He was er. 17 July 1S21C-') BARON KINGSTON OF MITCHELSTOWN, co. Cork [U.K.]. He m. 7 May 1794, Helena, da. of Stephen (Moore), 1st Eahl Mountcasiiell [I.], by Helena, da. of John (Rawdon), 2nd Earl ok Moika [I.] He d. 18 Oct. 1S39, aged 68, at Hull Place, St. Johns Wood, Paddington. His widow, who was b. 20 May 1 773, d. 9 Dec. 1S47. Will pr. March 1848. [Edward King, styled Viscount Kixgsborough, 1st s. and h. ap., b. 16 Nov. 1795 ; M.P. for co. Cork, 1820-26; well-known for his antiquarian know- ledge. ( f ) Heci. unm. and v.p. of typhus fever in the Sheriffs prisou,(S) Dublin, 27 Feb. 1837, aged 42. Admon. Aug. 1837.] (") Their only son, the Hon. William King, 01. 11 Oct. 1751, the only da. of Samuel Burroughs, of Dewsbury, co. York, but d. s.p. anil v.p, ( b ) Margaret, his only surv. da. and h. (by his first wife) inherited an estate of £6,000 a year and a large personal fortune. She-m. Richard Fitz Gerald, of Mount Ophaly, co. Dubliu, and d. m Capel street, Dublin, 29 Jan, 1763, leaving an only da. and h., Caroline, who m. (her cousin) Robert (King), 2d Earl of Kingston [I.], and was aucestrers of the succeeding Earls. (°) The preamblo to this creation is in " Lodge," vol. iii, p. 237. ( u ) See note " b " next above. (•) This was one of the "Coronation Peerages" of George IV., for a list of which see vol. ii, p. 351, note " d" sub " Conyngham." (') Author, in 1831, of a magnificent work called " The Antiquities of Mexico" (-ix vols.) most copiously illustrated. (R) " He was imprisoned for a debt of his father, for which he had become security ami not from his own extravagance." Annual Reg. for 1837. 2 c 2
