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Biography of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston 1726-1797

Paternal Family Tree: King Family 2

Before 18th February 1724 [his father] Henry King 3rd Baronet (age 43) and [his step-mother] Isabella Wingfield (age 41) were married.

On 29th March 1726 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston was born to Henry King 3rd Baronet (age 45).

On 1st January 1740 [his father] Henry King 3rd Baronet (age 59) died. His son [his half-brother] Robert (age 15) succeeded 4th Baronet King of Boyle Abbot.

In 1754 [his son] Robert King 2nd Earl Kingston was born to Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 27).

On 22nd May 1755 [his half-brother] Robert King 1st Baron Kingsborough (age 31) died unmarried. Baron Kingsborough extinct. His brother Edward (age 29) succeeded 5th Baronet King of Boyle Abbot.

On 15th July 1764 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 38) was created 1st Baron Kingston of Rockingham in Roscommon.

On 15th November 1766 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 40) was created 1st Viscount Kingston.

On 25th August 1768 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 42) was created 1st Earl Kingston.

On 5th December 1769 [his son] Robert King 2nd Earl Kingston (age 15) and [his daughter-in-law] Caroline Fitzgerald were married. He the son of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 43).

In 1772 [his son-in-law] Laurence Harman Parsons 1st Earl of Rosse (age 22) and [his daughter] Jane King were married. She the daughter of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 45).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1776 Richard Fitzgerald (age 43) was killed in a duel by his daughter's father-in-law Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 49).

On 8th September 1797 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 71) died. His son [his son] Robert (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Kingston, 2nd Viscount Kingston, 2nd Baron Kingston of Rockingham in Roscommon. [his daughter-in-law] Caroline Fitzgerald by marriage Countess Kingston.

[his daughter] Jane King was born to Edward King 1st Earl Kingston.

Royal Ancestors of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston 1726-1797

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston 1726-1797

Great x 2 Grandfather: John King

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert King 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Drury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Drury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Drury 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Carew 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carew 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Robert King 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lygon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Lygon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Denys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Folliot 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Strode of Stoke under Hampden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Strode Countess Roscommon

Father: Henry King 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Edward King 1st Earl Kingston 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England