George King (Australian politician)
George King | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 26 January 1882 – 23 March 1890 | |
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Born | George King 21 December 1814 Company director |
George King (21 December 1814 – 22 June 1894), was a merchant, pastoralist and politician in colonial Australia, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1869 to 1872 and of the Queensland Legislative Council 1882 to 1890.[1]
King was born in Riga, Russia (now in Latvia), his father, Robert King, was a partner in the Baltic firm of Balfour & Co., of Riga.[1] George received his education and mercantile training in London and in Europe.[2]
King emigrated to Australia in July 1839, and settled in Sydney, where he was a director of the Australian Trust Company, of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, and of the London Chartered Bank of Australia.[2] He was for fifteen years chairman of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, for some time a member of the Board of Advice of the Australian Agricultural Company, and has acted as a director of the Clarence and Richmond River Steam Navigation Company, and Chairman of the Melbourne Marine Insurance Company.[2]
King was elected a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Sydney on 3 December 1869, and sat until 3 February 1872.[3] King visited England in 1874, but returned and settled permanently in
Survived by his wife, seven sons and three daughters, King died in
References
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Rutledge, Martha. "King, George (1814–1894)". ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Mr George King (1814-1894)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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- ^ Cemeteries Online — Toowoomba Regional Council. Retrieved 20 February 2015.