John King, 2nd Baron King
John King, 2nd Baron King, FRS (13 January 1706 – 10 February 1740) was an English politician.
Biography
King was born in London in 1706, the son of Peter King, 1st Baron King, the future Lord Chancellor. He attended Clare College at Cambridge University, and was awarded his M.A. in 1723. He was Member of Parliament for Launceston from 1727 to 1734 and for Exeter 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 Lisbon.[1] He was succeeded by his brother Peter King, 3rd Baron King.[2]
References
- ^ Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 19. ISBN 9781108036092.
- ^ Collins, Arthur (1768). The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom Etc. Fourth Edition, Carefully Corrected, and Continued to the Present Time. H. Woodfall. p. 235.
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Preceded by Henry Vane John Freind | Member of Parliament for Launceston 1727–1734 With: Arthur Tremayne 1727–1734 Sir William Morice 1734 | Succeeded by Arthur Tremayne Sir William Morice |
Preceded by Francis Drewe John Belfield | Member of Parliament for Exeter 1734 With: Thomas Balle | Succeeded by Thomas Balle Henry Northcote |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Richard Munden | Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest 1726–1740 | Succeeded by The Lord King |
Peerage of Great Britain | ||
Preceded by | Baron King 1734–1740 | Succeeded by Peter King |
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