Duckworth-King baronets

The King, later Duckworth-King Baronetcy, of Bellevue in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.^[1] It was created on 18 July 1792 for the naval officer and colonial governor Richard King. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was also a naval commander and fought at the Battle of Trafalgar. The fourth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Duckworth in 1888.^[2] The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1972.

King, later Duckworth-King baronets, of Bellevue (1792)

• Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet (1730–1806)
• Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet (1774–1834)
• Sir Richard Duckworth King, 3rd Baronet (1804–1887)
• Sir George St Vincent Duckworth-King, 4th Baronet (1809–1891)
• Sir Dudley Gordon Alan Duckworth-King, 5th Baronet (1851–1909)
• Sir George Henry James Duckworth-King, 6th Baronet (1891–1952)
• Sir John Richard Duckworth-King, 7th Baronet (1899–1972)

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 13436. p. 511. 5 July 1792.
2. The London Gazette: no. 25789. p. 1154. 21 February 1888.

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets