Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet [SEP] conflict
Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet
Vice Admiral Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet KCB (28 November 1774 – 5 August 1834) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, who fought with distinction at the battle of Trafalgar despite being amongst the youngest captains present.
Naval career.
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
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