Duckworth-King Baronets
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The King, later Duckworth-King Baronetcy, of Bellevue in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. 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
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....

. The fourth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Duckworth in 1888. 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
    Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet
    Vice Admiral Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet KCB 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.King was the son of Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet, a...

    (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)
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