James King King

James King King
MP
Member of Parliament
for Herefordshire
In office
19 July 1852 – 23 November 1868
Preceded byFrancis Wegg-Prosser
George Cornewall Lewis
Thomas William Booker-Blakemore
Succeeded byHerbert Croft
Joseph Bailey
Michael Biddulph
Personal details
Born6 November 1806
Weybridge, Surrey, England
Died17 June 1881(1881-06-17) (aged 74)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Mary Cochrane Mackenzie
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(m. 1835)​
ChildrenTen
Parent(s)James Simpkinson King
Emma Vaux
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

James King King (6 November 1806 – 17 June 1881)[1][2] was a British Conservative Party politician.

King King was the eldest son of James Simpkinson King (1767–1842) and Emma, daughter of Edward Vaux. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1829. In 1835, he married Mary Cochrane Mackenzie, daughter of Kenneth Francis Mackenzie. She was a sister of Colin MacKenzie. Together they had three sons and seven daughters.[3]

He was elected MP for Herefordshire in 1852 and held the seat until 1868.[4]

King King was also a Justice of the Peace, a Deputy Lieutenant and, in 1845, High Sheriff of Herefordshire.[5] His family seat was Stanton Park at Staunton on Arrow, where he was a major landowner and lord of the manor.[6][7]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
  2. ^ Ferran, J (2017). "James KING KING M.P." Monchique. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ Walford, Edward (1882). The county families of the United Kingdom. Ripol Classic. p. 358. ISBN 9785871943618. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  5. ^ Disraeli, Benjamin; Wiebe, Melvin George (1982). Gunn, John Alexander Wilson; Wiebe, Melvin George (eds.). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1860-1864. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780802099495. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ^ Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1856, p.97
  7. ^ History, Topography & Directory of Herefordshire, 1858, p.301