BA leadership role in 1993, but remained BA president emeritus. His interests included directorships at the Daily Telegraph, Spectator, headhunting company Norman Broadbent, and engineering firm Short Brothers. Marriage and children King was married twice; first to Lorna Sykes (daughter of his first boss, Arthur Sykes, and sister-in-law of John Poulson) in 1941. The couple remained married until her death from cancer in 1969. King remarried in 1970 to Isabel Cynthia Monckton, daughter of the 8th Viscount Galway. Personal life King held the rank of MFH (Master of Foxhounds) with the Belvoir and Badsworth hunts and was also Chairman of the Lord King XI cricket team. He and wife Lorna both learned to fly and would use an aircraft to tour the UK. Lord King kept a flat in London for many years, in Eaton Square, and during his time running British Airways he lived there during the week. At weekends, he travelled north to his country estate, Friars Well Estate, in Wartnaby near Melton Mowbray in the county of Leicestershire. He also had a house in Scotland, close to the River Naver. Arms References Further reading Gregory, Martyn (2000) Dirty Tricks, British Airways' secret war against Virgin Atlantic (3rd Ed). Virgin Publishing Ltd. External links Guardian Unlimited:Ups and downs of Iron Lady's favourites New York Times report on death 1917 births 2005 deaths British Airways people British airline chief executives British people of Irish descent Conservative Party (UK) life peers 20th-century British farmers Knights Bachelor Masters of foxhounds in England People from Brentford People from the Borough of Waverley People from the Borough of Melton