Background
Kingston was the second but eldest surviving son of George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, and Lady Helena, daughter of Stephen Morre, 1st Earl of Mount Cashell.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Kingston was the second but eldest surviving son of George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, and Lady Helena, daughter of Stephen Morre, 1st Earl of Mount Cashell.
He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford.
Kingston served in the British army in occupied France after the fall of the Emperor Napoleon. In 1836 he was High Sheriff of County Cork. Lord Kingston was arrested in March 1848 for assault and intent to commit an "unnatural offence" involving a young man named Cull, which took place behind Marylebone police station.
Although sent for trial, he failed to surrender to bail.
Lord Kingston died in January 1867, aged 70.
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