Richard King RN (1774 - 1834)

Born 28 Nov 1774 in Titchfield, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Anne (Duckworth) King — married 30 Nov 1803 (to 20 Mar 1819) in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Husband of Maria Susanna (Cotton) King — married 16 May 1822 (to 4 Aug 1834) in St Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1834 at age 59 in Admiralty House, Sheerness, Kent, England

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Biography

Richard King RN is Notable.

Richard King was born at Titchfield in Hampshire on 28 November 1774 son of Admiral Richard King RN and his wife, Susannah Coker. ^[1]

On 30 November 1803 at Stoke Damerel in Devon he married Sarah Ann Duckworth. ^{[2][3] [4][5]} daughter of John Duckworth and his wife, Anne Wallis.

Richard married again in 1822. His second wife was Maria Susannah Cotton, daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Cotton and his wife, Philadelphia Rowley. They were married at St Nicholas, Brighton on the 16th of May. ^[6]

Richard passed away 4 August 1834. ^[1][7][8]

OBITUARY
THE LATE VICE-ADMIRAL SIR R. KING,This Gallant Officer, who died at Sheerness on Monday week of cholera, was the descendant of a race of naval heroes, his grandfather and father having both obtained rank and renown in the Royal Navy, particularly the latter, who greatly distinguished himself in the Indian seas in the memorable conflicts between Sir Edward Hughes and the French Admiral De Seuffrein, for which he received the honour of Knighthood, and in 1792 was created a Baronet of the United Kingdom, having attained to the rank of Admiral of the White. He died in 1806, and was succeeded by his son, the subject of our present notice, who had the honour of serving under the immortal Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, having commanded the Achille, of 74 guns, in that never-to-be-forgotten engagement. Sir Richard was also withSir S. Hood in the September following (1806), when, at the capture of four large French frigates, Sir Samuel had the misfortune to lose his right arm. At the time of his death Sir R. King was stationed at Sherness, as Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, and very recently presided at the Court Martial on Captain Hugh Pigott. The gallant Baronet was twice married — first in 1803, to Sarah Anne, only daughter ofthe late Admiral Sir J. T. Duckworth, who died in 1819, leaving Sir Richard Duckworth King, the present successor ta the title, and oilier children — secondly, in 1822, to Maria Susanna, daughter of the late Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Bart., by whom also he had issue, and who survives him. Sir Richard was in the 60th year of his age, being born in 1774, and was the second Baronet.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Trafalgar Ancestors: Richard King
2. ↑ England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 FHL Film Number 916924 (Stoke Damerel Devon 30 November 1830 Richard King married Sarah Ann Duckworth) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
3. ↑ "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGY9-2SW8 : 24 April 2019), Richard King, Esq Captain R N Bachelor, 26 Nov 1803; citing Marriage, England, United Kingdom, the Devon Record Office, Exeter.
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2GH-C62 : 13 March 2020), Richard King, 1803.
5. ↑ "England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC9Q-5FY : 4 November 2017), Richard King and Sarah Ann Duckworth, 1803, Marriage; from "Church of England parish registers 1538-1911," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Devon, archive reference , images provided by FamilySearch International.
6. ↑ England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 FHL Film Number 1468818 Reference ID p. 199, No. 597 (St Nicholas, Brighton 16 May 1822 Richard King Baronet married Maria Susannah Cotton) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
7. ↑ "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD2-VPH2 : 8 December 2017), Richard King, 08 Aug 1834; citing Burial, Eastchurch, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,473,709.
8. ↑ "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSQ-YHK3 : 19 April 2019), Richard King, Sir, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing United Kingdom, 16 Aug 1834, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm
9. ↑ "THE LATE VICE-ADMIRAL SIR R. KING." Morning Post, August 13, 1834, 6. British Library Newspapers (accessed September 30, 2023).

• "The Trafalgar Companion," Mark Adkin, Aurum Press 2005 ISBN 1 84513 0189

• Wikipedia: Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Richard King 2nd Baronet