Earl of Kingston
Earldom of Kingston | |
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Subsidiary titles | Viscount Kingston Viscount Lorton Baron Kingston Baron Erris Baronet ‘of Boyle Abbey’ |
Status | Extant |
Motto | SPES TUTISSIMA CŒLIS (Our safest hope is in Heaven) |
Earl of Kingston is a title in the
Family history until 1755
The King family descends from Robert King, younger brother of John King, 1st Baron Kingston (a title which became extinct in 1761; see Baron Kingston). In 1682 Robert King was created a baronet, of Boyle Abbey in the County of Roscommon. He subsequently represented County Roscommon and Boyle in the Irish House of Commons.[citation needed] He was succeeded by his son, John, the second Baronet, who also represented County Roscommon and Boyle in the Irish Parliament.[citation needed]
John died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry, the third Baronet, who like his father and brother represented County Roscommon and Boyle in Parliament.[
Family history 1755–1869
Lord Kingsborough was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Edward, the fifth Baronet, who represented Boyle and County Sligo in the Irish Parliament. In 1764 Edward was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon, a revival of the barony held by his kinsmen which had become extinct three years earlier. He was further honoured when he was made Viscount Kingston, of Kingsborough in the County of Sligo, in 1766, and Earl of Kingston in 1768, also in the Peerage of Ireland.[citation needed]
He was succeeded by his son,
The second Earl was succeeded by his eldest son, George, the third Earl, who represented County Roscommon in the Irish Parliament and later sat in the British House of Lords as an Irish representative peer.[citation needed] In 1821 he was created Baron Kingston, of Mitchelstown in the County of Cork, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,[7] which gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords. His eldest son, Edward, Viscount Kingsborough, was an antiquarian and also represented County Cork in the British Parliament.
Lord Kingsborough predeceased his father, unmarried,[citation needed] and the earldom devolved on his younger brother, Robert, the fourth Earl. Robert sat as Member of Parliament for County Cork but was later declared to be of an "unsound mind".[citation needed] He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, James, the fifth Earl, who died childless in 1869, when the barony of Kingston created in 1821 became extinct.[citation needed]
Family history, 1869–present
The fifth Earl was succeeded in the remaining titles by his first cousin, Robert King, 2nd Viscount Lorton, who became the sixth Earl.[
He was succeeded by his elder son, Robert, the seventh Earl, who died two years later at the age of forty, without any male issue.[
He was succeeded by his second but only surviving son, Henry, the ninth Earl, who fought in both the
Other family members
Several other members of the King family may also be mentioned. The Honourable
The Honourable Laurence Harman King-Harman, younger son of the first Viscount Lorton, was the father of Edward King-Harman, a politician (see also Stafford-King-Harman baronets),[citation needed] and Sir Charles King-Harman, High Commissioner to Cyprus.[citation needed]
Seats
The former seat of the King family was Mitchelstown Castle in Mitchelstown, County Cork which was burned down by the IRA in 1922. It was home of 1st. Lord Kingston.[9]
Mitchelstown Castle 4th Lord Kingston in 1750 had a grand house, which was probably not the original castle.[9]
Mitchelstown Castle (built 1776) a Georgian house was built by 2nd Earl Kingston. Subsequently, demolished in 1823.[9]
Mitchelstown Castle (built 1823) was designed by James and George Richard Pain for 3rd. Earl of Kingston to be the largest house in Ireland. it was home for 4th and 5th Earls.[9]
King House, Boyle County Roscommon, Built for Henry King 3rd. Bt. in 1739, possibly incorporating an earlier 17th c. house. Abandoned by the family in early 19th c.
Rockingham, Boyle, County Roscommon built in 1810 by John Nash for Robert King, younger son of 2nd. Earl Kingston. Burnt accidentally 1957.[9]
Kilronan Castle, Keadue, north County Roscommon. Kilronan, reconstruction of Castle Tenison, in 1880s for 8th. Earl of Kingston. Also the home of 9th Earl of Kingston. Abandoned in 1940s following its acquisition by the Irish Land Commission.[9] Reconstructed in 2000s for use as a hotel.
King baronets, of Boyle Abbey (1682)
- Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet (died 1707)
- Sir John King, 2nd Baronet (died 1720)
- Sir Henry King, 3rd Baronet (died 1740)
- Sir Robert King, 4th Baronet (1724–1755) (created Baron Kingsborough in 1748)
Barons Kingsborough (1748)
- Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough (1724–1755)
King baronets, of Boyle Abbey (1682; Reverted)
- Sir Edward King, 5th Baronet (1726–1797) (created Earl of Kingston in 1768)
Earls of Kingston (1768)
- Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston (1726–1797)
- Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754–1799)
- George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston (1771–1839) (elected a Representative Peer in 1807)
- Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough (1795–1837)
- Robert Henry King, 4th Earl of Kingston (1796–1867)
- James King, 5th Earl of Kingston (1800–1869)
- Robert King, 6th Earl of Kingston (1804–1869)
- Robert Edward King, 7th Earl of Kingston (1831–1871)
- Henry Ernest Newcomen King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston (1848–1896) (elected a Representative Peer in 1887)
- Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough (1873–1873)
- Henry Edwyn King-Tenison, 9th Earl of Kingston (1874–1946) (elected a Representative Peer in 1917)
- Robert Henry Ethelbert King-Tenison, 10th Earl of Kingston (1897–1948)
- Barclay Robert Edwin King-Tenison, 11th Earl of Kingston (1943–2002)
- Robert Charles Henry King-Tenison, 12th Earl of Kingston (born 1969)
Present peer
Robert Charles Henry King-Tenison, 12th Earl of Kingston (born 20 March 1969) is the only son of the 11th Earl and his wife Patricia Mary Killip. He was styled formally as Viscount Kingsborough between birth and 2002 and was educated at Repton School.[10]
On 19 March 2002, he succeeded his father as Earl of Kingston, Baron Erris of Boyle, Viscount Kingston of Kingsborough, Baron Kingston of Rockingham, and Viscount Lorton, all in the peerage of Ireland, and also became the 16th King Baronet.[11]
In 1994, he married Ruth Margaret Buckner, and they have two children:[11]
- Charles Avery Edward King-Tenison, Viscount Kingsborough (born 2000), heir apparent
- Lady Frances Isobel Barclay King-Tenison (born 2002)[11]
See also
References
- ^ Burke's General Armory, 1884
- ^ "No. 10855". The London Gazette. 2 August 1768. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 10426". The London Gazette. 15 June 1764. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 10671". The London Gazette. 28 October 1766. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 15326". The London Gazette. 10 January 1801. p. 40.
- ^ "No. 8749". The London Gazette. 28 May 1748. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 17724". The London Gazette. 14 July 1821. p. 1461.
- ^ succession-to-baronetcy.
- ^ a b c d e f Burke's Guide to Country Houses, Vol 1 Ireland, by Mark Bence-Jones.
- ^ Peter W. Hammond, ed., The Complete Peerage (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 416
- ^ a b c Burke's Peerage, volume 2 (2003), p. 2179
Sources
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, )
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Rebel Daughters: Ireland in conflict 1798 (2003) by Janet Todd