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Edward King DD (died 8 March 1639) was a Church of Ireland Bishop of Elphin from 1611 to 1639.King was an Englishman a native of Huntingdonshire. His predecessor as bishop of Elphin John Lynch greatly impoverished the see by alienating properties and in 1611 resigned declaring himself a Roman Catholic. During more than a quarter of a century as bishop King was able to recover Lynch’s alienations and much improved the revenue of the diocese.