William Smyth King
Irish dean
About William Smyth King
Lived 1810 – 1890 (aged 79–80).
William Smyth King (13 December 1810 – 1 January 1890) was an Irish-Anglican priest and Dean of Leighlin.
He was the eldest son of Hulton King, commissioner of Customs for Ireland. Hulton assumed the Smyth surname upon his marriage to Anne Sarah Talbot, coheir of her grandfather William Smyth of Borris House in County Carlow.
In 1841, he married Jane Elizabeth Ellington, eldest daughter of Rev. Henry Preston Ellington. They had four daughters.
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Who was William Smyth King?
Irish dean
When was William Smyth King born?
William Smyth King was born on 13 December 1810.
When did William Smyth King die?
William Smyth King died in 1890 in Carlow.
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