Henry Samuel King (1817–78)

Publisher and businessman. Started a bookselling business with his brother in Brighton, 1838. Partner in Smith, Elder & Co., 1853; on dissolution of the partnership in 1868, King retained the banking and export side of the business and in 1871 began publishing under the name Henry S. King & Co. Expanded commercial and export services to India and from 1871 published the Week’s News, a paper for English residents abroad. Sold the publishing side of the business to Charles Kegan Paul in 1877.