Robert King | |
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Earl of Kingston | |
Predecessor | Edward King |
Successor | George King |
Born | 1754 |
Died | 17 April 1799 |
Spouse(s) | Caroline FitzGerald |
Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754 – 17 April 1799) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was styled Viscount Kingsborough between 1768 and 1797. He achieved notoriety in 1798 when tried and acquitted by his peers in the Irish House of Lords for murder of his nephew Henry Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald had eloped with his daughter Mary.