Vice-Admiral Richard Duckworth-King (16 July 1840 – 4 January 1900) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent at Malta Dockyard.
He was born the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Cornwallis King and Evelina Maria Augusta Searle.
Duckworth-King became Flag Captain at Plymouth in September 1888, Captain Superintendent at Sheerness Dockyard and Admiral Superintendent at Malta Dockyard in January 1894.
He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1892 while at Sheerness, and to vice-admiral on 26 December 1897, before he retired the following year.