KING SALE

John Const an tine De-Courcy , 29 Baron (eld. son of 27 baron King sale 1805–47). b. Salcombe, Devon 5 Nov. 1827; succeeded 7 Jany. 1847 as premier baron in peerage of Ireland; captain East Devon militia 1853–5; put into operation the alleged De Courcy privilege of remaining covered in the presence of royalty, before the Queen 25 June 1859, this ceremony astonished all who saw it, as it had not been performed since 15 Sep. 1762. d. 13 Eaton sq. London 15 June 1865. G. E. Cokayne’s Complete Peerage , iv 396, 399 (1892).