Anthony Kingston

Sir Anthony Kingston (ca. 1508 – 14 April 1556) was an English royal official, holder of various positions under several Tudor monarchs.

Anthony Kingston was the son of Sir William Kingston of Blackfriars, London by one of Sir William's first two wives, Anne (née Berkeley), the widow of Sir John Guise (d. 30 September 1501), and Elizabeth, whose surname is unknown. He had a sister, Bridget, who married Sir George Baynham (d. 6 May 1546) of Clearwell, Gloucestershire, son and heir of Sir Christopher Baynham (d. 6 October 1557).

Sir William Kingston married thirdly, Mary (née Scrope), widow of Edward Jerningham (d. 6 January 1515), and daughter of Richard Scrope (d.1485), by whom he had no issue. By his father's third marriage Anthony Kingston had four step brothers and a step sister, Sir Henry Jerningham (d. 6 September 1572), Ferdinand Jerningham, Edmund Jerningham (d. 9 February 1546), Edward Jerningham and Elizabeth Jerningham.

Kingston served at the head of a thousand Gloucestershire men under the Duke of Norfolk in the suppression of the Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536–7, and fought in the defeat (13 October 1536) of the rebels at Louth. He was knighted by Henry VIII, 18 October 1537. He held offices about the court, such as that of serjeant of the king's hawks, and received land belonging to the suppressed monasteries in Gloucestershire, including a regrant of the site of Flaxley Abbey. He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1533-34 and 1550-51.

After the death of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham in 1535, Kingston married his widow, Mary, daughter of Sir John Gainsford, and left Gloucestershire to reside at Chudleigh, Devon, which, with Honiton, belonged to his wife's jointure.