William Smyth King (13 December 1810[1] – 1 January 1890) was an Irish-Anglican priest and Dean of Leighlin.
He was the eldest son of Hulton King, commissioner of Customs for Ireland. Hulton assumed the Smyth surname upon his marriage to Anne Sarah Talbot, coheir of her grandfather William Smyth of Borris House in County Carlow.[1] Smyth King was educated at Charterhouse School.[2]
In 1841, he married Jane Elizabeth Ellington, eldest daughter of Rev. Henry Preston Ellington. They had four daughters.[1]
Smyth King died at Carlow on 1 January 1890 at the age of 79 years.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "William+Smyth+King"+b.+1810&pg=PA756 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 756. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ List of Carthusians, 1800 to 1879 Parish, W.D (Ed): Lewes, Farncombe and Co, 1879
- ^ Obituary. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 2 January 1890; pg. 8; Issue 32898
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