Lucas White King
Sir Lucas White King CSI FSA (8 September 1856 – 23 August 1925) was an Anglo-Irish colonial administrator and academic, Professor of Oriental Languages at Trinity College, Dublin from 1905 to 1922.
Early life
He was born in Madras, British India on 8 September 1856, the eldest son of the Deputy Surgeon-General Henry King, also the Principal of the Medical School in Madras.[1][2]
He was educated at Ennis College and Trinity College, Dublin, where he received BA and LLB degrees in 1878.[3][4]
Career
In 1878, he joined the Indian Civil Service, rising to Commissioner of the Rawalpindi Division, until his retirement in 1905.[1][4]
In 1905, he was appointed Professor of Oriental Languages at Dublin University, a post he held until 1922 when he resigned and went to live in London.[3]
He was knighted in 1919.[1]
Personal life
He married Geraldine Adelaide Hamilton Harmsworth (1866-1945), the eldest daughter of the barrister Alfred Harmsworth.
They had children:
- Elinor Mary Kathleen King
- Sheila Geraldine King
- Lucas Henry St. Aubyn King
- Enid Madeleine King, married Herbert Bland Stokes, youngest son of Sir Gabriel Stokes
- Cecil Harmsworth King, chairman of Daily Mirror Newspapers, Sunday Pictorial Newspapers and the International Publishing Corporation, and a director at the Bank of England
- Alfred Curzon White King
- Geraldine Sophie White King
References
- 1 2 3 "Sir Lucas White King, LL.D., C.S.I., F.S.A. | Cambridge Core". Cambridge.org. 2011-03-01. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00169655. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ "Sir Lucas White King (1856 - 1925) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.com. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- 1 2 "The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/King, Lucas White - Wikisource, the free online library". En.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- 1 2 Dictionary of Indian Biography. Ardent Media. p. 237. GGKEY:BDL52T227UN.