John King (1759–1830) was Under Secretary of State at the
Home Office from 1791 and was briefly a Member of Parliament for
Enniskillen in 1806.[1]
Life
The fifth son of
James King Dean of Raphoe and his wife Anne Walker, he was educated at Eton and matriculated at
Christ Church, Oxford in 1777, graduating B.A. in 1781, M.A. in 1784.[1][2]
Windham, a politician rather than an official, used King (an older Christ Church contemporary) as an intermediary with Greville in 1792, when entering a covert role.[6] In 1794 Nepean moved on from the Home Office, leaving King the senior of the Under-Secretaries of State, and he started to plan for a future seat in Parliament.[1][7] After the passing of the
Aliens Act 1793, King also worked in the
Alien Office. From an initial task of dealing with correspondence, assigned at the end of 1794, he took on further duties as the Alien Office addressed intelligence needs and countered subversion. In 1798 he became a joint superintendent of aliens, with Flint and Wickham.[2] He stayed at the Home Office until 1806, when Grenville became Prime Minister.[1]
In 1806 King was
Secretary to the Treasury, with
Nicholas Vansittart. This position required that he have a seat in the House of Commons, to act effectively as patronage secretary for Grenville. Enniskillen was the constituency found for him. King, however, was uncomfortable in Parliament; and asked to be moved. He was replaced at the Treasury, and as MP, by
William Henry Fremantle, in September of that year.[1][8]
William Moss (d. 1864), rector of Long Crichel, Dorset, graduated from
Christ Church, Oxford in 1817.[13] He married Elizabeth Margaret, daughter of Very Reverend Latham Coddington, Dean of Kilfenora & had issue.
Marianne (d. 1866) married in 1814 Walter Campbell, of Sandilands, Isle of Islay, & had issue.
Harriet (d. 1828) married in 1825
William Henry Blaauw.[14] Together with William, she had one daughter
Caroline Margaret married in 1819, Lt.-Gen. Sir William Cornwallis Eustace, of Sandford Hall, Braintree, and died before 1830, leaving issue.
Anne Elizabeth (d. 1827) married in 1821, her cousin, Thomas Venables, Private Secretary to Lord Sidmouth & Sir Robert Peel & had issue.
Katherine Judith (1803-1825)[15] married on 24 Oct 1822,[16]Henry John Adeane of Babraham, Cambridgeshire, & had issue.
Robert (d. 1846) of Chester Street, London, married his cousin, Georgiana Anne Carleton & had issue.
Emily (1807-1832) married in 1826 William Henry Harford, of Barley Wood, near Bristol & had issue.
Elizabeth (d. 1826) was engaged to Brook Henry Bridges, elder son of Reverend Brook Henry Bridges, rector of Danbury, Essex
Thomas William (d. 1831), Lieutenant., R.N., died unmarried
^Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.