of Launceston, co. Cornwall, by whom he has numerous issue. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
KING. (Captain, 1839. f-p., 21; h-p., 21.)
Richard Henry King is sixth son of the late Rev. John King, A.M., Rector of Witnesham, near Ipswich, by Elizabeth Sarah, only daughter of the Rev. Thos. Bishop, Rector of Trimley St. Martin and Ash-by-Campsey in Suffolk, and Perpetual Curate of St. Mary-at-Tower and St. Mary-at-Elms in Ipswich.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Druid 32, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, employed on the Irish station, where he assisted, we find, at the capture of Le Prince Murat privateer of 18 guns, and Le Pandour national brig of similar force. Following Capt. Broke, in Sept. 1806, into the Shannon frigate, he continued to serve uninterruptedly with him on the Downs, Greenland, and Halifax stations until 8 March, 1813. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Sylph sloop, Capt. Browne. He was confirmed into his old ship the Shannon 12 July, 1813, and was afterwards appointed – 25 Feb. 1814, to the Alert 18, Capt. Joseph Gulston Garland, in the Downs – 13 Oct. 1815, to the Bermuda 10, Capt. John Pakenham, on the Jamaica station, whence he returned in the early part of 1817 – 28 June, 1820, to the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, under whom he served at Halifax and in the West Indies, attended George IV. to Scotland, and brought home a large amount of specie from Vera Cruz and the Havana – and 5 Nov. 1824, to the Owen Glendower 42, bearing the broad pendant at the Cape of Good Hope of Commodore Hood Hanway Christian. On the return of the latter ship to England in 1828, Lieut. King was promoted to the rank of Commander by a commission bearing date 27 Aug. in that year. His last appointment was, 12 Feb. 1838, to the Cruizer 16, fitting for the East Indies, where he attended an expedition to the mouths of the Indus and assisted at the capture of Aden. He was advanced, as a reward for his conduct on the latter occasion, to the rank he at present holds 1 May, 1839; but he has not been since afloat.
Capt. King married, 4 May, 1830, Mary, daughter of the late Sam. Twyford, Esq., of Trotton, co. Sussex.
KING. (Commander, 1834.)
William George Nash King embarked (we presume from the R.N. College) 12 March, 1823; passed his examination in 1828; and was made Lieutenant, 15 Feb. 1830, into the Tribune 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, stationed in the Pacific, whence he returned to England, in the course of the same year, in the Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry Dundas. His next appointments were, 28 Feb. and 29 July, 1831, to the Windsor Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, and Dublin 50, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, in which ships he served in the Mediterranean and again in South America until ordered home for the purpose of being paid off in 1834. He was promoted to his present rank on 13 Oct. in that year; and has since been on half-pay.
Commander King married, in 1837, Sarah, daughter of the late T. Bulkeley, Esq., of Montagu Square. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
KINGCOME. (Captain, 1838.)
John Kingcome entered the Navy, 28 May, 1808, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, with whom he continued to serve as Midshipman, on the Channel, Irish, and Cape of Good Hope stations, until Dec. 1813. He was in consequence present at the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads in April, 1809; and had an opportunity of witnessing the capture of a large number of the enemy’s vessels, armed and otherwise. On leaving the Emerald, as above, he was received on board the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halliday, stationed in the Channel, where he remained until again placed, in May, 1813, under the orders of Capt. Maitland, at that time commanding the Goliath 74, on the coast of North America. In July, 1814, he became Master’s Mate of the St. Lawrence, bearing the broad pendant on Lake Ontario of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, who nominated him, 9 March, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the Princess Charlotte, Capt. Rich. O’Connor – an appointment which the Admiralty confirmed by commission dated 1 July in the same year. In Oct. 1815, after having served for some time with Capt. Peter Sampson Hambly in the Star sloop, he obtained command of the Confiance schooner on Lake Huron; and from Oct. 1816 until July, 1817, he was again employed on Lake Ontario, in the Netley 10, Capt. Fras. Brace. His next appointment was, 29 July, 1822, to the Tees 26, Capts. Thos. Coe and Fred. Marryat, the former of whom, on becoming Senior officer in India, appointed him to the command, in 1824, of the Larne sloop; which vessel, he being at the time engaged in the Burmese war, and she at New South Wales, he was not able to join until 15 April, 1825. While in her, we find him conveying Lady Brisbane (wife of Commodore Sir Jas. Brisbane) and her two daughters from Madras to Pinang, and the Archdeacon Scott from Sydney to Van Diemen’s Land; and afterwards visiting New Zealand, Norfolk and Melville Islands, Batavia, and Singapore. Being superseded on his return to Madras in the following July, Lieut. Kingcome was next appointed to the Pandora sloop, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise. From that vessel, he removed, in 1826, to the Warspite 76, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Brisbane. Attaining the rank of Commander 8 Jan. 1828, Capt. Kingcome served in that capacity in the Coast Guard from 24 Oct. 1835 until appointed, 18 June, 1837, to the Wellesley 74, bearing the flag of Sir F. L. Maitland on the East India station, whence he returned on attaining his present rank 28 June, 1838. On 23 Oct. 1841 it was his fortune to be appointed to the Belleisle troop-ship, in which he sailed for China, and arrived there in time to witness the closing operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang.[1] He paid the Belleisle off at the close of 1843, but since 24 March, 1846, has again had the command of her.
One of Capt. Kingcome’s children was drowned while serving with him as a Midshipman in Jan. 1847. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
KINGDON. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 18; h-p., 33.)
John Kingdon entered the Navy, 9 March, 1796, as L.M., on board the Shannon 32, Capt. Alex. Fraser, stationed in the North Sea; and from Aug. 1798 until Sept. 1801 was employed, chiefly as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Chapman armed ship, Capts. Robert Keen and Thos. Browne, at Newfoundland and in the Downs. During the next three years we find him discharging the duties of Acting-Master in the Rosario sloop, Capts. Rich. Byron and Wm. Mounsey, on the West India, Home, Mediterranean, and Irish stations. After a further servitude of some months, as Master’s Mate, in the Hibernia 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Gardner, he was successively appointed Sub-Lieutenant, 21 Sept. 1805, and 1 April, 1806, of the Pickle and Inveterate gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders John Richards Lapenotiere, Daniel Callaway, and Geo. Norton; the former of which vessels had the fortune, while participating in the battle of Trafalgar, to save a great part of the crew of the French 74-gun ship L’Achille when in flames, and was afterwards sent home with the despatches announcing the victory. The Inveterate being wrecked near St. Valery-en-Caux 18 Feb. 1807, Mr. Kingdon had the misfortune to be detained a prisoner in France until the peace of 1814. He has not been since afloat. His commission bears date 20 Nov. 1812.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3404.
