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Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet

Royal Navy Admiral (1730–1806)

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honorific_prefix	Admiral
name	Sir Richard King
honorific_suffix
birth_date
death_date
image	Sir Richard King (1730-1806).jpg
allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
rank	Admiral
commands	HMS Blaze
HMS Grafton
HMS Northumberland
HMS Pallas
HMS Exeter
The Downs
Plymouth Command
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HMS Grafton HMS Northumberland HMS Pallas HMS Exeter The Downs Plymouth Command Admiral Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet (10 August 1730 – 7 November 1806) was a British naval officer and colonial governor.

Naval career

King was born in Gosport, the son of Curtis King and Mary Barnett.

He joined the Royal Navy in 1738 and served on HMS Berwick. In 1745 made a lieutenant in HMS Tiger and in 1756 he was promoted to commander of the fireship HMS Blaze.

In 1763 he was given command of HMS Grafton and in 1770 he took over HMS Northumberland. He went on to command HMS Pallas from 1778 and HMS Exeter from 1779.

He was knighted in 1782 for his services near Madras, India. and was made commander-in-chief and Governor of Newfoundland. While King was in office France had declared war on Britain and King captured St. Pierre and Miquelon for the British and was promoted Vice-Admiral in 1793.

He was elected Member of Parliament for Rochester in 1794, holding the seat until 1802. In 1794 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth and in 1795 promoted to Admiral.

Family

In 1769 he married Susannah Margaretta Coker; they had four recorded children including his son Richard.

References

[http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g31.html Biography at Government House ''The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador'']
He took part in the capture of [[Calcutta]] in 1756 and commanded the landing party at the capture of [[Hugli-Chuchura
"KING, Sir Richard, 1st Bt. (1730-1806), of Devonshire Place, Marylebone, Mdx.". History of Parliament Online.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=TGMoAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Port+Admiral%22+At+Plymouth+1793&pg=PA600 Monthly magazine and British register, Volume 22, p. 600]

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