The Three Kings of the
Grand Lodge of Ireland

On five occassions a King has served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. They where the Great Grand Children of Robert King. James and Edward served twice.

Sir Robert King (c. 1599–1657), was an Irish soldier and statesman. He was eldest son of Sir John King (died 1637). He was Muster master-general and clerk of the cheque in Ireland. He was knighted 1621 and a Member of the Irish Parliament for Boyle in 1634 and 1639. He was M.P. County Roscommon in 1640. He was sent to Parliament's affairs in Ulster in 1645. He was member of the Council of State in 1653 and sat in the First Protectorate Parliament for the counties of Sligo, Roscommon and Leitrim in 1654.He was succeed by his son and heir John who became 1st Lord Kingston.

Baron Kingston is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1660 when the military commander Sir John King was made Baron Kingston, of Kingston in the County of Dublin. He was the elder brother of Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet, of Boyle Abbey (from whom the Earls of Kingston descend). Two of his sons, the second and third Barons, both succeeded in the title. The title became extinct in 1761 on the death of the latter's son, the fourth Baron, who had no surviving male issue. However, the title was revived three years later when his kinsman Sir Edward King, 5th Baronet, of Boyle Abbey, was made Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon. He was also created Viscount Kingston in 1766 and Earl of Kingston in 1768.