King baronets of Charlestown (1815)

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Arms: Sable a Lion rampant doubled-queued Or; Crest: An Escallop Shell Gules; Motto: Spes tutissima coelis (Our safest hope is in Heaven)[1]

The King baronetcy, of Charlestown in the County of Roscommon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 July 1815[2] for Gilbert King, son of Gilbert King (1710–1788), Member of the Irish Parliament for Jamestown, and a direct descendant of Edward King, Bishop of Elphin.[1][3]

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