About Robert John King
Lived 1839 – 1899 (aged 59–60). Robert John King was a politician.
Robert John King (1839 – 25 July 1899) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Sydney to merchant George King and Jane Creighton. He was a businessman before entering politics, succeeding his father at the family firm. On 19 December 1865 he married Lucy Chatfield, with whom he had a son. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Paddington, serving until his defeat in 1891. King died at Bondi in 1899.
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