Richard Roberts

Richard Hutchinson Roberts (10 July 1835 – 17 June 1903) was an Australian pastoralist and politician who was appointed Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for life on 22 August 1882. Roberts was the owner of the estates of Roberton Park and Currawong.

Biography Richard Hutchinson Roberts was born in Sydney on 10 July 1835, one of seven children to Joseph Roberts, a businessman, and Martha Anne Drummond Roberts . Roberts came from a Camden settler family, His mother was the daughter of William Hutchinson. His father later died, and his mother married politician John Lackey in 1851. Roberts was educated at Surry Hills under Rev. T. L. Dodds and The King's School, Parramatta, where he was a contemporary of many notable colonists. Roberts married Leila Helen Riach on 11 January 1900. He died suddenly at Roberton Park on 17 June 1903 from the bursting of a blood vessel, having been in ill health for quite some time. A member of the Church of England, Roberts had his funeral at Glenquarry cemetery with Church of England rites.