Thomas Kington the younger

Son of Thomas Kington (1771-1827) and Charlotte Miles (daughter of William Miles and sister of Philip John Miles). Partner with his uncle Philip John Miles.

1. 1851 census living at Park Place Weston-super-Mare aged 55, West India merchant born Clifton Gloucs., with son Philip, daughter Caroline and sister Susanna (fundholder aged 49). By 1861 Susanna Ann Kington aged 58 fundholder is at 2 Rodney Place Clifton with her niece Caroline May (she died 09/12/1879 previously of Charlton house Wraxall afterwards of Manilla House Clifton but lately of 2 Rodney Place Clifton, leaving £90,000, her executors were two of her Kington-Oliphant nephews).

2. 1831 Thomas Kington Deputy Lieutenant 04/02/1831.

3. After emancipation refocused the activities of Miles, Kington & Co in Melbourne, Australia, and subsequently at Lyttelton, New Zealand, where the firm played an important role in developing New Zealand's colonial trade. Upon Kington's death the firm changed its name to Miles & Co.

4. Wills of Thomas Kington of Charlton House Somerset were proved (a) 15/10/1827 and (b) 13/04/1857. The first was Thomas Kington senior (q.v.); the second this man, the awardee. In his will of 1857, Thomas Kington specified his share in Miles & Kington as 4/16ths, and made provision for his sons Philip Oliphant and William Miles Nairne to take on his shares when they entered the partnership.

1. 1851 and 1861 censuses online; National Probate Calendar 1880.

2. London Gazette, Issue 25/02/1831, p. 364.

3. See various reports in the Lyttelton Times available through Papers Past: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast; Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 730, 5 November 1859, p. 1.

4. PROB 11/1731/283 and 11/2250/111.

We are grateful to Elisabeth Frankish for her help compiling this entry.