John King, 2nd Baron King

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Use dmy dates 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]

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