King, William
(1650–1729)
- S. J. Connolly
Extract
King, William (1650–1729), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born in Antrim town on 1 May 1650, the son of James King (still alive in 1701), who had emigrated to Ulster from Barra in Aberdeenshire and who was later said to have been a miller or a merchant. In 1658 he moved with his household from ...