Louis Magrath King (1886–1949), born at Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
King was appointed as a British Consul at Dartsedo (Kangding, Sichuan, China) in 1913, which was then a trading town on the border between the Chinese Empire and Tibet.
[2] King was married to Rinchen Lhamo, author of We Tibetans (London: Seeley, Service, 1926).
After Rinchen’s death in 1929, Louis went on to marry an English woman named Margaret (nee Moulton), and they had several children together, including Martyn King, who later became a striker for Colchester football team.
[4][5] King also gave a collection of Tibetan religious objects and thangka paintings to the British Museum, circa 1918-1919, while serving as a Captain with the Chinese Labour Corps during World War 1.