KING, John Langley. Lecturer at Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent st. London many years; F.G.S. d. 6 Eastfield villas, Church hill, Walthamstow 26 Jany. 1891.
KING, John Myers (2 son of Edward King of Askham, Westmoreland). b. 1804; ed. at Balliol coll. Oxf., scholar 1821–7; B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; V. of Cutcombe, Somerset 8 Dec. 1832 to death; author of The Georgics of Virgil translated into English verse 1843, another ed. 1871; The Aeneid of Virgil translated into English verse 1847, another ed. 1875; The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil translated into English verse 1882. d. 1887.
KING, John William (son of colonel Nevile King of Ashby hall, Sleaford, Leics.) b. 1792; ed. at C.C. coll. Oxf., scholar 1810–20, fellow 1820–33; B.A. 1814, M.A. 1818, B.D. 1827; V. of Ashby-de-la-Launde, co. Lincoln 15 Jany. 1822 to death; R. of Bassingham, co. Lincoln 15 May 1832 to 1874; assumed name of Mr. Launde on the turf 1861; won the One thousand guineas, Oaks and St. Leger with Apology ridden by John Osborne 1874. d. Ashby hall 9 May 1875. I.L.N. lxvi 475 (1875), lxvii 119 (1875).
KING, Joseph. b. 1802; solicitor in London, Jany. 1836 to Nov. 1874; contributed to The Critic; author of Flights of Phædo 1859, a poem in reply to Tennyson’s Maud; and The Guildford farce, a satirical poem 1860 both anonymous. d. 16 North Buildings, Finsbury circus, London 1 April 1875. Law Times, lix 17 (1875).
KING, Joshua (son of David King of Lowick Bridge, Ulverstone, Lancs.). b. 16 Jany. 1798; ed. at Hawkshead gram. sch. and Trinity coll. Camb. 1815, sizar of Queen’s coll. Feb. 1816; senior wrangler and B.A. 1819, M.A. 1822, LL.D. 1838; fellow of Queen’s coll. Jany. 1820, tutor 1820, elected president by a dispensation from the crown, for his not being in holy orders 1832, remained till death; vice chancellor 1833; F.R.S.; Lucasian professor of mathematics in univ. of Camb. 1839, resigned 1849; personally argued in an appeal to the Crown as visitor, that the president of Queen’s had no voice in the election of the fellows, but lord Lyndhurst gave judgment against him 22 Jany. 1828. d. President’s lodge, Queen’s college 1 Sep. 1857. The case of the president of Queen’s college, containing the two petitions of J. King against the election of H. Godfrey (1821); Cambridge Chronicle 5 Sep. 1857 p. 4, 12 Sep. p. 4.
KING, Kate (dau. of T. C. King, actor). b. Camden-town, London 1852; appeared with her brother Harry King (who d. 17 May 1870 aged 19) as Irish duettists and dancers with Dr. Corri’s diorama of Ireland; played at the Alhambra and other music halls in London; member of Arthur Lloyd’s concert party in his “Two hours fun” entertainment to 1870; played in burlesque at Vaudeville theatre; m. 31 July 1871 Arthur Lloyd comic singer; acted at Queen’s theatre, Dublin during her husband’s lesseeship 1874–6, toured with his Ballyvogan company playing her original part of Norah O’Sullivan in his drama Ballyvogan, autumn seasons of 1887–90, a part she played upwards of 500 times; last appeared in London at Oxford music hall 20 March 1891; last appeared on the stage at Moss’s Varieties, Edinburgh 7 April 1891. d. 3 Priory villas, Byrne road, Balham, Surrey 2 May 1891. bur. Abney park cemetery 7 May.
KING, Mitchell. b. Crail, Fifeshire 8 June 1783; landed in Charlestown, U.S. America 17 Nov. 1805, schoolmaster 1806; assistant teacher Charlestown coll. 1 March 1806, principal of the college 1810; admitted to the bar 1810; a founder of the Philosophical Soc. 1809; judge of the city court 1819 and 1842–44; LL.D. of Charlestown coll. 1857; author of The culture of the olive 1846, and of many essays and addresses. d. Flat Rock, South Carolina 12 Nov. 1862.
KING, Peter John Locke (2 son of 7 baron King 1775–1833). b. Ockham, Surrey 25 Jany. 1811; ed. at Harrow and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1833; contested East Surrey 1837; M.P. for East Surrey 11 Aug. 1847 to 26 Jany. 1874; got Real Estate charges act known as Locke-King’s act passed 11 Aug. 1854 and Act to abolish property qualifications of members of parliament passed 28 June 1858; defeated and caused resignation of Russell ministry on motion to reduce franchise in counties to £10, 20 Feb. 1851; author of Injustice of the law of succession to the real property of intestates 1854, 3 ed. 1855. d. Brooklands, Weybridge 12 Nov. 1885. Statesmen of England (1862) No. 46, portrait; Drawing-room portrait gallery, 2nd series (1859), portrait.
KING, Philip Parker (1 son of Philip Gidley King 1758–1808, governor of New South Wales). b. Norfolk island 13 Dec. 1791; entered navy Nov. 1807; captain 25 Feb. 1830, surveyed the Southern coasts of America 1826–30 and Patagonia, the Straits of Magellan and Terra del Fuego 1830; retired R.A. 27 Sep. 1855 being first native of Australia so honoured; a nominee member of legislative council 1829; member for Gloucester and Macquarie 1851 to death; chairman of denominational board of education; manager of Australian Agricultural Society 1831; F.R.S. 26 Feb. 1824; published Narrative of a survey of the inter-tropical and western coasts of Australia 1827; A voyage to Torres straits in search of the survivors of the ship Charles Eaton by C. M. Lewis, arranged by P. P. King 1837. d. Grantham, North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales 26 Feb. 1856. Fitzroy’s Voyages of the Adventurer and Beagle (1839); Proc. of Linnæan society (1856) 28–31; Rev. J. E. T. Wood’s History of the Discovery of Australia, i 246–304 (1865).
KING, Richard. b. about 1811; ed. at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s hospitals; M.R.C.S. 1832; L.S.A. 1832, member of court of examiners; hon. M.D. New York 1833; surgeon and naturalist to Back’s expedition to mouth of Great Fish river 1833–5; issued prospectus which originated Ethnological Soc. 20 July 1842, the first sec. 1844; assistant surgeon to the Resolute in expedition sent out to search for sir John Franklin 1850, arctic medal 1857; edited The Medical Times some time; author of Narrative of a journey to the shore of the Arctic ocean under command of captain Back 2 vols. 1836; The preservation of children in delivery 1847; The Franklin expedition from first to last 1855; The causes of death in the still-born 1858; The Manx of the Isle of Man 1870; The Laplanders 1871. d. 1 Blandford st. Manchester sq. London 7 Feb. 1876.