NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Kingston, Robert King, Earl of, 1754-1799 DNB: King, Robert, second earl of Kingston (1754–1799), accused murderer and property developer LBT ID: LdKing2 VIAF ID: 10930462 LOC ID: no90007819 | B/BAP: 1754 DIED: 1799-04-17 |
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Son of the first earl (d. 1797); educated at Eton, he was an Irish improving landlord who
once employed Mary Wollstonecraft as governess. In 1798 he was acquitted by the Irish
Parliament for murdering his daughter's seducer. | |