Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston

Robert King
Earl of Kingston
PredecessorEdward King
SuccessorGeorge King
Born1754 (1754)
Died17 April 1799(1799-04-17) (aged 44–45)
SpouseCaroline FitzGerald

Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754 – 17 April 1799) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was styled Viscount Kingsborough between 1768 and 1797. He achieved notoriety in 1798 when tried and acquitted by his peers in the Irish House of Lords for murder of his nephew Henry Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald had eloped with his daughter Mary.

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