Barrington King

{{short description|American diplomat (b. 1930, d. 2006)}}

Barrington King (1930–2006) was a career Foreign Service Officer who served as the first United States Ambassador to Brunei from 1984 to 1987.{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/king-barrington|title=Barrington King - People - Department History - Office of the Historian|website=history.state.gov|accessdate=2018-10-03}}

King studied at the University of Georgia and received a degree in art.{{Cite web |date=18 April 1990 |title=The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR BARRINGTON KING |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/King,%20Barrington%20.toc.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627032044/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/King,%20Barrington%20.toc.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2024 |access-date=24 July 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}} King entered the Foreign Service in 1957, and had postings in Egypt, Tanzania, Cyprus, Greece, Tunisia, and Pakistan. He was appointed as Ambassador to Brunei by President Ronald Reagan on April 12, 1984, presented his credentials on May 28 of the same year and had his mission terminated on April 30, 1987. He was replaced by Thomas C. Ferguson.