About Henry King
Lived 1733 – 1821 (aged 87–88). Henry King was a politician.
Henry King PC (I) (18 February 1733 – 23 February 1821) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
King sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Boyle between 1761 and the constituency's disenfranchisement in 1800. In 1770 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.
He was the son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston.
A photo of Henry hung at the Rockingham Estate and was sold at auction by Adams in 2009 for €38,000.
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Who was Henry King?
Irish politician (1733-1821)
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Henry King was born in 1733.
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Henry King died on 23 February 1821.
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Henry King was a politician.
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