Earl of Kingston
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 168 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5126-5398-2
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. He had already succeeded his father as fifth Baronet of Boyle Abbey and been created Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon in 1764 and Viscount Kingston in 1766, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The Baronetcy, of Boyle Abbey in the County of Roscommon, had been created in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1682 for his grandfather Robert King. The latter was the younger brother of John King, 1st Baron Kingston (a title which became extinct in 1761). Sir Robert's grandson, Sir Robert King, 4th Baronet, of Boyle Abbey, was created Baron Kingsborough in the Peerage of Ireland in 1748. However, this title became extinct on his death. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his aforementioned younger brother, Sir Edward King, 5th Baronet, for whom the barony of Kingston was revived in 1764. His son, the second Earl,...