About Robert Burdett Smith
Lived 1837 – 1895 (aged 57). Robert Burdett Smith was a politician.
Robert Burdett Smith (25 August 1837 – 2 July 1895) was a solicitor and politician in colonial New South Wales, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and later the New South Wales Legislative Council.
Born Robert Lloyd Smith, he was the twin son of John Lloyd Smith and his wife Mary Ann, née Salmon in Sydney. Smith was a Commissioner for New South Wales at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in 1886, and was Executive Commissioner for that colony at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition of 1888. In 1890 he was created Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
The town of Smithtown, New South Wales on the Macleay River, is named after him.
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New South Wales politician (1837-1895)
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Robert Burdett Smith was born on 25 August 1837.
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Robert Burdett Smith died on 2 July 1895.
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Robert Burdett Smith was a politician.
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