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John King

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Sir John King (c.1560-4 January 1637) was an Anglo-Irish administrator, politician and landowner. He sat in the Irish House of Commons and was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. He was one of the most valued Irish Crown servants of his generation. Several of his children were notable in their own right. He was the ancestor of the Earl of Kingston. Career His background and parentage are obscure, but he is generally thought to have been born in Yorkshire, probably at Northallerton. He is first heard of in Ireland in 1585 as secretary to Sir Richard Bingham, Lord President of Connaught. For his good services to the English Crown, Elizabeth I rewarded him with the lease of Boyle Abbey and the office of Constable of Boyle, in which capacity he commanded a small garrison. John began the construction of the castle at Boyle, and the settlement of the surrounding district. The King family was associated with the town of Boyle for centuries. John seems to have divided his time between Boyle and a house in Dublin near Baggotrath Castle, on present-day Baggot Street. Under King James I, having gained the reputation of being an exceptionally useful and versatile public servant, John held many profitable offices, and by the end of his life, he owned land in twenty-one counties. From 1603, he held the office of Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper for life: from 1606 he held it jointly with Francis Edgeworth, ancestor of the celebrated Edgeworth family of Edgeworthstown, whose most famous member was the novelist Maria Edgeworth. In 1603, he also became Receiver of revenues, and subsequently Deputy Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. He became Muster-master for Ireland and Clerk of the Cheque in 1609, with a reversion in favour of his eldest son Robert, and a Commissioner for Compositions in 1611. He sat on commissions for the Plantation of County Wexford and County Longford. He became a Commissioner of the Irish Court of Wards in 1611. He sat on the Council of Munster, and at different times was authorised to act as temporary governor of Connacht, Leinster and Ulster.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named John King: Bishop of London in the Church of England, (1559-1621) · Double recipient of the Medal of Honor · Irish soldier and Australian explorer (1838–1872) · Welsh footballer, born 1933

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Sir John King (c.1560-4 January 1637) was an Anglo-Irish administrator, politician and landowner. He sat in the Irish House of Commons and was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. He was one of the most valued Irish Crown servants of his generation. Several of his children were notable in their own right. He was the ancestor of the Earl of Kingston. Career His background and parentage are obscure, but he is generally thought to have been born in Yorkshire, probably at Northallerton. He is first heard of in Ireland in 1585 as secretary to Sir Richard Bingham, Lord President of Connaught. For his good services to the English Crown, Elizabeth I rewarded him with the lease of Boyle Abbey and the office of Constable of Boyle, in which capacity he commanded a small garrison. John began the construction of the castle at Boyle, and the settlement of the surrounding district. The King family was associated with the town of Boyle for centuries. John seems to have divided his time between Boyle and a house in Dublin near Baggotrath Castle, on present-day Baggot Street. Under King James I, having gained the reputation of being an exceptionally useful and versatile public servant, John held many profitable offices, and by the end of his life, he owned land in twenty-one counties. From 1603, he held the office of Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper for life: from 1606 he held it jointly with Francis Edgeworth, ancestor of the celebrated Edgeworth family of Edgeworthstown, whose most famous member was the novelist Maria Edgeworth. In 1603, he also became Receiver of revenues, and subsequently Deputy Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. He became Muster-master for Ireland and Clerk of the Cheque in 1609, with a reversion in favour of his eldest son Robert, and a Commissioner for Compositions in 1611. He sat on commissions for the Plantation of County Wexford and County Longford. He became a Commissioner of the Irish Court of Wards in 1611. He sat on the Council of Munster, and at different times was authorised to act as temporary governor of Connacht, Leinster and Ulster.

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