LORTON

Robert Edward King , 1 Viscount (2 son of 2 earl of Kingston 1754–99). b. Hill st. Berkeley sq. London 12 Aug. 1773; ensign 27 foot 30 June 1792; major 92 foot 7 March 1794; lieut. col. 127 foot 20 Dec. 1794, regiment reduced 1795 but he was retained on full pay; colonel of Roscommon militia 24 Nov. 1797 to death; created an Irish peer by title of baron Erris of Boyle, co. Roscommon 29 Dec. 1800; created viscount Lorton of Boyle, co. Roscommon 28 May 1806; a representative peer of Ireland 8 Feb. 1823 to death; general 22 July 1830; lord lieut. of co. Roscommon 1831 to death. d. Rocking ham, Boyle, co. Roscommon 20 Nov. 1854. Note. —He was bur. at 4 o’clock in the morning according to the custom of his family in the church of Boyle 24 Nov. 1854. He was the last commoner raised to the peerage of Ireland before the union with England.