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Richard King (July 10, 1824 – April 14, 1885) was a riverboat captain, Confederate, entrepreneur, and most notably, the founder of the King Ranch in South Texas, which at the time of his death in 1885 encompassed over 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2).
King was the son of Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet, a wealthy and high-ranking member of the Navy. King was placed on board ship at fourteen, thanks to the influence of his father and made Post Captain [1] just six years later, an achievement made possible by his father's rank of admiral. Normally an officer would be waiting double or triple ...
Richard King died in 1885. At the death of Henrietta King in 1925, the ranch totaled 1.2 million acres that were divided among her heirs. [11] Henrietta King's sole surviving child, Alice Gertrudis Kleberg, and her husband Robert J. Kleberg Jr. inherited over 800,000 acres that were incorporated as the King Ranch in 1934. [11]
While King was in office France had declared war on Britain and King captured St. Pierre and Miquelon for the British [1] and was promoted Vice-Admiral in 1793. He was elected Member of Parliament for Rochester in 1794, holding the seat until 1802. [4] In 1794 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [5] and in 1795 promoted to Admiral. [1]
Dick King (politician) (1934–2018), American politician Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet (1730–1806), British admiral, Commodore Governor for Newfoundland and Labrador; Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet (1774–1834), son of the above and British admiral who served at the Battle of Trafalgar
King was born circa 1811, the son of Richard King, a Londoner. He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and then was apprenticed to an apothecary in 1824. [1] He also trained at Guy's Hospital and St Thomas's Hospital in London. [2] He studied at Guy's under Thomas Hodgkin, later to be a colleague in the development of ethnology. [3]
James King (Royal Navy officer) (1750–1784), who served with Captain James Cook; Norman King (Royal Navy officer) (1933–2013) Philip Gidley King (1758–1808), settler of Norfolk Island and Governor of New South Wales; Phillip Parker King (1791–1856), explorer of Australia and Patagonia; Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet (1730–1806)
King served as a Senior Staff Member to the US Senate Budget Committee in 1976-1977. Sam Nunn, a United States Senator from Georgia (1976-1997) as a member of the Democratic Party, was the appointer. King is a licensed private pilot and motorcyclist and a certified sailboat captain and SCUBA diver.