Viscount Lorton
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Viscount Lorton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland
. It was created in 1806 for General the Hon. Robert Edward King, who had already been made Baron Erris in the Peerage of Ireland
in 1800. He was the third child and second son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston. His son, the second Viscount, succeeded to the Earldom of Kingston on the death of his cousin in 1869. The titles have remained united ever since.
Edward Robert King-Harman
was the son of Lawrence Harman King-Harman, younger son of the first Viscount.
For further Viscounts Lorton, see the Earl of Kingston
.
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
. It was created in 1806 for General the Hon. Robert Edward King, who had already been made Baron Erris in the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
in 1800. He was the third child and second son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston. His son, the second Viscount, succeeded to the Earldom of Kingston on the death of his cousin in 1869. The titles have remained united ever since.
Edward Robert King-Harman
Edward Robert King-Harman
Edward Robert King-Harman was an Irish landlord and Irish Nationalist and later Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1877 to 1888.-Early life:...
was the son of Lawrence Harman King-Harman, younger son of the first Viscount.
Viscounts Lorton (1806)
- Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton (1773–1854), elected a representative peerRepresentative peerIn the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
in 1823. - Robert King, 2nd Viscount Lorton (1804–1869) (succeeded as 6th Earl of Kingston in 1869)
For further Viscounts Lorton, see the Earl of Kingston
Earl of Kingston
Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. He had already succeeded his father as fifth Baronet of Boyle Abbey and been created Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon in 1764 and Viscount Kingston in 1766,...
.