he brought forward the county [equality of the] franchise bill, on one occasion, 20 February 1851, defeating and causing the resignation of the ministry led by fellow Whig, (Earl) Russell. He piloted through the Commons the bill that extended the £10 (rental value of home per annum, whether owned or let) franchise to the county constituencies, i.e. as for every adult male who qualified for borough suffrage. He was well known for his advocacy for every man to have the ballot and for abolition of church rates, and for his strenuous opposition to the principle and practice alike of endowments for religious purposes. He died aged 74 at Brooklands, Weybridge, on 12 November 1885. His probate was resworn the next year at . His London home was 38 Dover Street, Middlesex, (in St James's/Haymarket or Cornelia Street, Islington) Family and wealth On 22 March 1836 King married Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of William Henry Hoare of Mitcham Grove, Surrey. She died in 1884. They had two sons and four daughters; Anna Clementina King 1837-1931 they included Hugh F. Locke King, entrepreneur who inherited a share of his late parent's estate. He took over Brooklands and used his father's wealth to found and finance the creation of the Brooklands motor racing circuit and aviation field. Publications King published: Injustice of the Law of Succession to the Real Property of Intestates, 1854; 3rd edit. 1855. Speech on the Laws relating to the Property of Intestates, 15 March 1855. Speech on the Laws relating to the Property of Intestates in the House of Commons, 17 February 1859. Speech on the Law relating to the Real Estates of Intestates, 14 July 1869. Four letters which King wrote to The Times in 1855 on Chancery Reform are reprinted in A Bleak House Narrative of Real Life, 1856, pp. 55–66. See also Earl of Lovelace Notes References Attribution Endnotes: Hansard, 1849, ciii. 88 et seq. Statesmen of England, 1862, No. 46, with portrait Drawing-room Portrait Gallery, 2nd ser. 1859, with portrait; Foster's Peerage; His obituary, The Times, 14 November 1885, p. 9. External links 1811 births 1885 deaths People from the Borough of Guildford People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Younger sons of barons Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874