Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Ernest Newcomen King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston (31 July 1848 – 13 January 1896) was an Irish peer and Conservative politician.
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Born as Henry Newcomen King, he was the younger son of Robert King, 2nd Viscount Lorton and 6th Earl of Kingston, and Anne Gore-Booth. Robert King publicly disowned the child, but his legitimacy was confirmed at the probate court in Dublin in 1870.[2] Educated at Rugby School in Warwickshire, he succeeded to his older brother's titles in 1871. King-Tenison served in the 5th Battalion, Connaught Rangers, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. From 1887 to 1896, he was Representative Peer for Ireland in the House of Lords and from 1888 to 1896 Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon. King-Tenison died, aged 47 in Cairo.
On 23 January 1872, he married Florence Margaret, the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward King-Tenison in St James's in Westminster. After his marriage his name was changed to Henry Newcomen King-Tenison by Royal Licence on 10 March 1883. The couple lived at Kilronan Castle, which he considerably enlarged in the 1880s.
Philately
A philatelist, he exhibited his postage stamp collection of Great Britain at the London Philatelic Exhibition 1890 for which he was awarded a gold medal.[3][4] From 1892 to 1896, he served as President of the Philatelic Society London.[3]
References
- Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
- Farrell, Stephen. "KING, Hon. Robert (1804–1869), of Rockingham, Co. Roscommon". The History of Parliament online. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- Arthur Ronald Butler, The British Philatelic Federation Limited, 1990, page 19.
- "British International Stamp Exhibitions" by H.R. Holmes in The London Philatelist, Vol. 79, No. 932-933, August–September 1970, pp. 166-170.
- "www.thePeerage.com". Retrieved 11 March 2007.
Honorary titles | ||
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Preceded by Edward Robert King-Harman |
Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon 1888–1896 |
Succeeded by The O'Conor Don |
Peerage of Ireland | ||
Preceded by Robert King |
Earl of Kingston 1871–1896 |
Succeeded by Henry King-Tenison |