Lucas White King Explained

Sir Lucas White King (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]

He was educated at Ennis College and Trinity College, Dublin, where he received BA and LLB degrees in 1878.[2] [3]

Career

In 1878, he joined the Indian Civil Service, rising to commissioner of the Rawalpindi Division, until his retirement in 1905.[1]

In 1905, he was appointed professor of Oriental languages (the Chair of Arabic, Persian and Hindustani) at Dublin University, a post he held until 1922 when he resigned and went to live in London.[2] [1]

He was knighted in 1919.[1]

Personal life

He married Geraldine Adelaide Hamilton Harmsworth (1866-1945), eldest daughter of Alfred Harmsworth and his wife, Geraldine, and sister of newspaper proprietors Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe and Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere.

They had issue:

Escutcheon:Gules two lions rampant combatant spporting a dexter hand couped and the wrist and erect above it an estoile Argent a bordure Ermines.
Crest:On a wreath of the colours a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect the third and fourth fingers turned down Proper charged on the wrist with an estoile as in the arms.
Motto:Spes Tutissima Coelio
Notes:Confirmed 3 April 1901 by Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Sir Lucas White King, LL.D., C.S.I., F.S.A. | Cambridge Core . 10.1017/S0035869X00169655 . Cambridge.org . 2011-03-01 . 2016-10-10. free .
  2. King, Lucas White . 12.4 . 228-229 . 1915.
  3. Book: Dictionary of Indian Biography. 1971. Ardent Media. 237. GGKEY:BDL52T227UN.
  4. Web site: Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. J . 197 . National Library of Ireland . 17 November 2022.