Peter King, 5th Earl of Lovelace

Peter Axel William Locke King, 5th Earl of Lovelace (26 November 1951 – 31 January 2018),^[1][2] styled Viscount Ockham before 1964, was a British peer.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Lovelace
Born	26 November 1951
Died	31 January 2018(2018-01-31) (aged 66)
Nationality	British

Lovelace succeeded his father, Peter King, 4th Earl of Lovelace, in 1964.^[3]

He lived in the Highlands of Scotland, for many years in the family home Torridon House and later in Inverness. He was married twice: first, to Kirsteen Oihrig Kennedy in 1980; they were divorced in 1989. He married Kathleen Anne Rose Smolders in 1994.^[4][3] He sold house items for £800,000 as well as the Torridon house in 2015.^[5]

Upon his death without issue in 2018, his titles of Earl of Lovelace, Viscount Ockham and Baron King, of Ockham became extinct.^[6][7][8][9]

Arms

Coat of arms of Peter King, 5th Earl of Lovelace

Coronet A Coronet of an Earl Crest A Cubit Arm vested Azure charged with three Ermine Spots in fess Or cuffed Argent grasping in the Hand proper the broken shaft of a Spear in bend sinister Sable Escutcheon Sable three Spear Heads Argent imbrued proper on a Chief Or as many Battle-axes Azure Supporters On either side a Mastiff Dog reguardant proper collared Gules Motto Labor Ipse Voluptas (Labour itself is a pleasure)

References

1. "Death Notices". The Inverness Courier. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
2. "Earl of Lovelace dies at Highland home, aged 66". Press & Journal. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
3. "The Barons King & Earls of Lovelace | Lyon & Turnbull". www.lyonandturnbull.com. 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021.
4. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 2416
5. McKenzie, Jamie (3 November 2015). "Contents of Highland retreat sold at auction for over £800,000". Press and Journal. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021.
6. "Obituary - Peter King, Earl of Lovelace, aristocrat, hotelier and son of Highland laird". HeraldScotland. 9 February 2018.
7. "The 5th Earl of Lovelace – obituary". The Telegraph. 24 February 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018.
8. "TORRIDON HOUSE ESTATE CO. LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. 23 Jul 2019 Final Gazette - dissolved via voluntary strike-off
9. Michel, Keith. "The Lovelace Story – A Short History" (PDF). East Horsley Church. With the sale of the family seat in Scotland,TorridonHouse, and all the family treasures in 2015,the death, without issue,of the last person entitled to bear the Lovelace banner, the final chapter has been written

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Lovelace

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Peter Malcolm King	Earl of Lovelace 1964–2018	Extinct