Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Gules, on a Bend engrailed Or, between two Leopard’s Faces Or, Jessant-de-lis Azure, three Crosses-Crosslet fitchée Sable (for Tenison); 2nd & 3rd, Gules, two Lions combatant supporting a dexter Hand couped at the wrist and erect Argent (for King). Crests: 1st, In front of a Crosier and a Cross-Crosslet fitchée in saltire Sable, a Leopard’s Face Or, Jessant-de-lis Azure (for Tenison); 2nd, Out of a Ducal Coronet of five leaves Or, a dexter Hand erect, the third and fourth fingers turned down proper (for King). Supporters: Dexter: On either side a Lion per fess Argent and Gules, ducally crowned Gules.
SPES TUTISSIMA CŒLIS (Our safest hope is in Heaven)
The Arms of Tenison (Gules, on a bend engrailed or between two leopard's faces of the last jessant-de-lys azure three crosses crosslet fitchée sable), as assumed by royal licence 10 March 1883 by Henry Ernest Newcomen King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston, when he also adopted the additional surname of Tenison, following his marriageMitchelstown Castle, County Cork, the former seat of the King family.
Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston.[2] The Earl holds the subsidiary titles Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon (created in 1764),[3]Viscount Kingston, of Kingsborough in the County of Sligo (created in 1766),[4]Baron Erris, of Boyle in the County of Roscommon (created in 1801),[5] and Viscount Lorton, of Boyle in the County of Roscommon (created in 1806), also in the Peerage of Ireland. He is also a baronet in the Baronetage of Ireland. Between 1821 and 1869 the earls also held the title Baron Kingston, of Mitchelstown in the County of Cork (created in 1821), in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
John died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry, the third Baronet, who like his father and brother represented County Roscommon and Boyle in Parliament.[citation needed] Henry was succeeded by his eldest son, Robert, the fourth Baronet, who sat as Member of Parliament for Boyle.[citation needed] In 1748, aged 24, Robert was created Baron Kingsborough in the Peerage of Ireland.[6] He died unmarried only seven years later, at which time the barony became extinct.[citation needed]
Family history 1755–1869
Lord Kingsborough was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Edward, the fifth Baronet, who represented Boyle and County Sligo in the Irish Parliament. In 1764 Edward was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon, a revival of the barony held by his kinsmen which had become extinct three years earlier. He was further honoured when he was made Viscount Kingston, of Kingsborough in the County of Sligo, in 1766, and Earl of Kingston in 1768, also in the Peerage of Ireland.[citation needed]
He was succeeded by his son, Robert, the second Earl, who represented County Cork in the Irish House of Commons.[citation needed] He married his kinswoman, the heiress Caroline Fitzgerald (died 1823), daughter of Richard FitzGerald by the Honourable Margaret King, daughter of James King, 4th Baron King (of the first creation). Some detail is known about the lives of the second Earl and his wife, as they hired the pioneer educator and proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft as governess to their daughters. Her books Thoughts on the Education of Daughters and Original Stories from Real Life draw on her experiences under their roof at Mitchelstown Castle. The daughter she influenced the most was Margaret King, who, as Lady Mount Cashell, undertook a Grand Tour on the Continent, accompanied by her friend Catherine Wilmot, whose diaries were eventually published as An Irish Peer on the Continent, 1801–03 (1920).[citation needed]
Lord Kingsborough predeceased his father, unmarried,[citation needed] and the earldom devolved on his younger brother, Robert, the fourth Earl. Robert sat as Member of Parliament for County Cork but was later declared to be of an "unsound mind".[citation needed] He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, James, the fifth Earl, who died childless in 1869, when the barony of Kingston created in 1821 became extinct.[citation needed]
Family history, 1869–present
The fifth Earl was succeeded in the remaining titles by his first cousin, Robert King, 2nd Viscount Lorton, who became the sixth Earl.[citation needed] Robert was the son of General the Honourable Robert King, fourth son of the second Earl, who had been created Viscount Lorton in the Peerage of Ireland in 1806 (see Viscount Lorton for earlier history of this branch of the family).[citation needed] Robert, the sixth Earl, had previously represented County Roscommon in Parliament. He died in October 1869, only a month after he succeeded in the earldom.[citation needed]
He was succeeded by his elder son, Robert, the seventh Earl, who died two years later at the age of forty, without any male issue.[citation needed] The seventh Earl was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry, the eighth Earl, who was Lord-Lieutenant of County Roscommon and sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative peer. Henry married Frances Margaret Christina King-Tenison, daughter of Edward King-Tenison, of Kilronan Castle, County Roscommon, and assumed in 1883 by Royal licence the additional surname of Tenison.[citation needed]
He was succeeded by his second but only surviving son, Henry, the ninth Earl, who fought in both the Second Boer War and the First World War and sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative peer.[citation needed] As of 2002 the titles are held by the ninth Earl's great-grandson, Robert, the twelfth Earl, who succeeded in 2002, the titles having descended from father to son.[citation needed] As of 31 July 2002, the twelfth Earl has not successfully proven his succession to the baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. The baronetcy is considered dormant.[8]
Other family members
Several other members of the King family may also be mentioned. The Honourable Sir Henry King, fourth son of the second Earl, was a politician and soldier.[citation needed] The Honourable James William King, younger son of the second Earl, was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy.[citation needed] George King, son of Reverend the Honourable Richard FitzGerald King, younger son of the second Earl, was a major-general in the British Army.[citation needed]
Mitchelstown Castle 4th Lord Kingston in 1750 had a grand house, which was probably not the original castle.[9]
Mitchelstown Castle (built 1776) a Georgian house was built by 2nd Earl Kingston. Subsequently, demolished in 1823.[9]
Mitchelstown Castle (built 1823) was designed by James and George Richard Pain for 3rd. Earl of Kingston to be the largest house in Ireland. it was home for 4th and 5th Earls.[9]
King House, Boyle County Roscommon, Built for Henry King 3rd. Bt. in 1739, possibly incorporating an earlier 17th c. house. Abandoned by the family in early 19th c.
Rockingham, Boyle, County Roscommon built in 1810 by John Nash for Robert King, younger son of 2nd. Earl Kingston. Burnt accidentally 1957.[9]
Kilronan Castle, Keadue, north County Roscommon. Kilronan, reconstruction of Castle Tenison, in 1880s for 8th. Earl of Kingston. Also the home of 9th Earl of Kingston. Abandoned in 1940s following its acquisition by the Irish Land Commission.[9] Reconstructed in 2000s for use as a hotel.
Robert Henry Ethelbert King-Tenison, 10th Earl of Kingston (1897–1948)
Barclay Robert Edwin King-Tenison, 11th Earl of Kingston (1943–2002)
Robert Charles Henry King-Tenison, 12th Earl of Kingston (born 1969)
Present peer
Robert Charles Henry King-Tenison, 12th Earl of Kingston (born 20 March 1969) is the only son of the 11th Earl and his wife Patricia Mary Killip. He was styled formally as Viscount Kingsborough between birth and 2002 and was educated at Repton School.[10]
On 19 March 2002, he succeeded his father as Earl of Kingston, Baron Erris of Boyle, Viscount Kingston of Kingsborough, Baron Kingston of Rockingham, and Viscount Lorton, all in the peerage of Ireland, and also became the 16th King Baronet.[11]
In 1994, he married Ruth Margaret Buckner, and they have two children:[11]
Charles Avery Edward King-Tenison, Viscount Kingsborough (born 2000), heir apparent
Lady Frances Isobel Barclay King-Tenison (born 2002)[11]
Earl of Cork is a title in the Peerage of Ireland, held in conjunction with the Earldom of Orrery since 1753. It was created in 1620 for Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle. He had already been created Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghal, in the County of Cork, in 1616, and was made Viscount of Dungarvan, in the County of Waterford, at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of Ireland.
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Viscount Lorton, of Boyle in the County of Roscommon, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 28 May 1806 for General Robert King, 1st Baron Erris. He had already been made Baron Erris, of Boyle in the County of Roscommon, on 29 December 1800, also in the Peerage of Ireland. King was the second son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston. In 1823 he was elected an Irish representative peer. His son, the second Viscount, succeeded to the earldom of Kingston on the death of his cousin in 1869. The titles remain united.
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