21-526: James King , Jim King or Jimmy King may refer to: Military [ edit ] James King, 1st Lord Eythin (1589–1652), Scottish general in Swedish service and later in the English Civil War James King (Royal Navy officer) (1750–1784), British Royal Navy captain who served under James Cook James Wilson King (1818–1905), Chief Engineer of
42-509: A fictional character in the British TV soap Emmerdale James King, a fictional character in the U.S. TV series Last Resort See also [ edit ] King James (disambiguation) Jamie King (disambiguation) Jimmy King (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
63-782: A largely successful campaign around Minden throughout early 1637. However, the Swedish campaign began to falter and problems arose with the German allies. Many of the Scots found themselves unpopular in wishing to press for the Restoration of the Palatinate causing tensions with some of their Swedish allies. Moreover, tensions in Scotland saw Leslie leave to form the Army of the Covenant in Scotland leaving King in charge of
84-757: The Maryland House of Delegates Sports [ edit ] Cricket [ edit ] James King (Australian cricketer) (1851–1921), Australian cricketer James King (cricketer, born 1855) (1855–?), English cricketer James King (cricketer, born 1869) (1869–1948), English cricketer James King (cricketer, born 1942) , English cricketer Association football [ edit ] James King (Scottish footballer) (1906–1985), Scottish international footballer James King (English footballer) (born 1996), English footballer Basketball [ edit ] Jim King (basketball, born 1941) (born 1941), American basketball player, former basketball coach for
105-760: The Republic of Hawaii James King (Quebec politician) (1848–1900), Canadian businessman and member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec James Harold King (1871–1949), physician and politician in Ontario, Canada James Horace King (1873–1955), Canadian Minister of Pensions and National Health, 1928–1930 James Chisholm King (1886–1970), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada Jim King (politician) (1939–2009), American politician, Florida state senator James King (Maryland politician) (born 1974), member of
126-647: The Scot to be too loyal to Charles Louis - something which did not serve the Swedish agenda. Thus he was pensioned off in 1639. Thereafter King travelled to Hamburg where King Charles employed him initially as a military recruiter. He sat out the Bishops' Wars between Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters , thus avoiding conflict with his long-time comrade, Alexander Leslie . Indeed, his actions may have been sanctioned by Leslie who appeared to constantly protect him in
147-694: The Scottish Parliament. However, his two surviving wills indicate that King was either a Roman Catholic or High Lutheran as he invokes the Holy Trinity in each - something not common in the typical Scottish testament of the period. After the Civil War broke out in England in 1642, King was created Lord Eythin and was despatched to the continent once more to recruit experienced soldiers from the various European armies and acquire munitions. He returned to England in
168-574: The Swedish archives that King had managed to extract Charles Louis and his forces from the field and had them under his protection in Minden throughout October and November, a matter that caused much consternation to Field Marshal Banier who sowed rumours about King preferring the Elector's to Swedish service. This was something King forcefully rejected, although he did seek instruction as to how to deal with Charles Louis and his army. These and similar letters reveal
189-575: The Swedish court with a burial in the Riddarholm Church , the burial place of the Swedish kings. King had two wives. His first wife was Dilliana Van der Borchens (died c. 1634) who came from Pomerania. They had no children. With his second wife, whose name is not known, King had a daughter who died before him. From the wills that King has left to us we know that he left his goods and geir to his nephews, James and David King. Jim King (footballer) Jim King (23 November 1873 – 9 January 1929)
210-653: The United States Navy James W. King (1842–1903), American Civil War soldier and newspaper editor James C. King , former United States Army lieutenant general and former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 1998–2001 Politics [ edit ] James G. King (1791–1853), American businessman and United States Representative from New Jersey James King King (1806–1881), British MP for Herefordshire James A. King (1832–1899), Scottish cabinet minister of
231-1037: The University of Tulsa Jim King (basketball, born 1943) , American basketball player in the 1968 Olympics Jimmy King (born 1973), American basketball player, member of the University of Michigan Fab Five Rugby [ edit ] James King (rugby league) , rugby league footballer for Ireland, Barrow Raiders, and Leigh Centurions James King (rugby union, born 1986) , Scottish rugby union player James King (rugby union, born 1987) , New Zealand rugby union player James King (rugby union, born 1990) , Welsh rugby union player Other sports [ edit ] Jim King (footballer) (1873–1929), Australian rules footballer Jim King (baseball) (1932–2015), American baseball player Jim King (American football) , American football coach James King (hurdler) (born 1949), American hurdler Entertainment [ edit ] Jack King (animator) (1895–1958), American animator, especially with Walt Disney, whose real name
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273-564: The remnant Army of the Weser. With this much reduced force, coupled with fresh levies from England led by William Lord Craven, King was part of the allied forces defeated at the Battle of Vlotho . Craven and Prince Rupert of the Rhine were captured by the victorious Imperialists. James King blamed Rupert's rashness for the defeat, while Rupert in turn blamed King's caution. It is clear from the correspondence on
294-531: The rumours of King only escaping to Minden "with only five men" to be a fantasy as it is clear he had the vast majority of his troops with him in the town. Because of these accusations, King was sidelined to duties in Stockholm , although he was ennobled. One of the main problems was that the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna , while reaffirming King's loyal service to Sweden, still believed
315-565: The siege of Hildesheim. For this action he was promoted Major General. By 1636, he was a Lieutenant General and commanded the left wing of the Swedish Army at the Battle of Wittstock as part of Alexander Leslie 's Army of the Weser. His report of the battle, and his role within it lay undetected until recently, but has now been published. After Wittstock, King's cavalry formed an Army Volante supported by his fellow Scot, Major General John Ruthven who had also fought at Wittstock. He conducted
336-582: The suite of Queen Henrietta Maria . Landing at Bridlington , he was appointed Lieutenant General to the Marquess of Newcastle . On 2 July 1644, Prince Rupert relieved York , where Newcastle's army had been besieged. Rupert had fallen out with the Lord General of Royalist forces, Patrick Ruthven , who left the army to join the king after an argument with Rupert. Devoid of an infantry commander, Rupert summoned Newcastle's troops to join him on Marston Moor, where he
357-1553: Was James King James King (tenor) (1925–2005), American opera singer Jim King (saxophonist) (1942–2012), English rock musician, member of the band Family James King (bluegrass) (1958–2016), American bluegrass music singer James King (film critic) , British broadcast film critic James King (musician) , American soul musician, member of the band Fitz and The Tantrums Jaime King (born 1979), American actress and model, sometimes billed as James King Others [ edit ] James King, 4th Baron Kingston (1693–1761), British peer James King (priest) (1715–1795), Canon of Windsor and Dean of Raphoe James King, 5th Earl of Kingston (1800–1869), Irish peer and barrister James King (pioneer) (1800–1857), Scottish-born Australian businessman and winemaker James King of William (1822–1856), American newspaper editor Sir James King, 1st Baronet (1830–1911), Scottish businessman, and Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1886–89 James King (architect) (fl. 1860s–1892), American architect James M. King (1839–1907), American Methodist minister, writer, and political activist James Albert King (1864–1933), paternal grandfather of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. James L. King (engineer) (1922–c. 1995), British engineer James Lawrence King (born 1927), United States federal judge James Roger King (1927–1991), American ornithologist Fictional [ edit ] Jimmy King ( Emmerdale ) ,
378-627: Was a Scottish soldier, who served in the Swedish army, and who later supported King Charles I in the Bishops' Wars , and then later in the English Civil War . James King was born on Warbester Hoy, in the Orkney Islands . He was recruited into the Swedish Army in 1615, and in 1622 he was a captain in Ruthven 's regiment. By 1634 King had gained some prominence and commanded three of the regiments at
399-602: Was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). King was the brother of former St. Kilda Football Club player, Jack King and Stawell Gift winning trainer and 1908 Stawell Gift winner, Chris King. King died in tragic circumstances when a tree fell on him after cleaning up after a bush fire on his land in Holbrook and crushed his skull. This Australian rules football biography of
420-741: Was preparing for battle with the Covenanter and Parliamentarian besiegers led by Alexander Leslie . The meeting in the late afternoon between Rupert and King was apparently chilly. In the subsequent Battle of Marston Moor , the Royalist army was destroyed, the Royalist cavalry losing discipline and heading off in pursuit of plunder rather than hammering home their initial advantage. Newcastle and his senior officers, among them King, went into exile in Hamburg after quitting Rupert's service in disgust. In March 1650, he
441-677: Was to have taken part as Lieutenant General in Montrose 's expedition which initially landed in the Orkney Islands. But before he left Sweden, he aborted his mission to support Montrose, because Charles II reached an accommodation with the Covenanters and abandoned Montrose (who was subsequently captured by the Covenanters and executed in Edinburgh). King died in Stockholm on 9 June 1652, he was honoured by
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