Ambassador to Great Britain in 1796, and Edward spent his early youth in London.
[6] He returned to the United States and graduated from Columbia University and from law school in Litchfield, Connecticut.
[10] During the 1830-1831 Assembly, he lost election for United States Senator to Thomas Ewing.
After his death, King's widow, Sarah Ann, married William Peter, an English born diplomat who served as the Britannic Majesty's Consul at Philadelphia.
Peter died in 1853 and Sarah Ann, widowed again, became a devout convert to the Roman Catholic faith.
She traveled frequently to Europe, and became a friend of Pope Pius IX, attending the First Vatican Council.