| Authorised form of name | King; Sir; Andrew (- ? 1678); merchant |
| Dates | - ? 1678 |
| Place of death | Gresham College, London, England, Europe |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Michael Royal, College Hill, London, England, Europe (possibly 11 March 1678) |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Activity | Honours:
Kt 1660
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Proposer | John Graunt |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 14 March 1667 (resigned) |
| Relationships | Additional relatives: John King (FRS 1676) |
| OtherInfo | During the years of the Civil War, King travelled with Queen Henrietta Maria, first to Exeter, then into exile in France. In 1645, his business partner John Bland presented a petition on his behalf in order to return to England to compound for his delinquency. King was frequently imprisoned during Cromwell's Protectorate but upon the Restoration was promptly knighted for his support of the royalist cause. It is possible, in particular through his association with John Bland, who owned plantations in Virginia, that King also had business and financial interests in plantations. Sir Andrew King is listed under the Charter of incoroporation for the new Royal African Company on 27 September 1672. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Le Neve; Ward
Williams, Neville. 1964. 'The Tribulations of John Bland, Merchant: London, Seville, Jamestown, Tangier, 1643-1680', in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 72, No. 1, pp.19-41
Zahdie, Nuala. 2010. 'The capital and the colonies: London and the Atlantic economy, 1660-1700' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Notes:
The election date is King's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 24 December 1662.
Index to BR gives death date as March 1678; Hunter gives year of death as 1679; Le Neve gives 'about 1662'. Ward gives date of burial as 11 March 1678. |
| Code | NA4982 |