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King was elected a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] for [[Electoral district of East Sydney|East Sydney]] on 3 December 1869, and sat until 3 February 1872.<ref name=nswp>{{cite web |
King was elected a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] for [[Electoral district of East Sydney|East Sydney]] on 3 December 1869, and sat until 3 February 1872.<ref name=nswp>{{cite web |
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King visited England in 1874, but returned and settled permanently in [[Queensland]] in the following year, being created a [[Order of the Crown of Italy|Knight of the Crown of Italy]] on his retirement from the Sydney consulship for Italy.<ref name=Mennell/> In 1880 Mr. King accepted the Executive Commissionership for Queensland at the [[Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)|Melbourne International Exhibition]], and represented the colony on the steel rails inquiry held in London in 1881.<ref name=Mennell/> King was nominated to the [[Queensland Legislative Council]] on 26 January 1882, a position he held until resigning on 19 March 1890.<ref> |
King visited England in 1874, but returned and settled permanently in [[Queensland]] in the following year, being created a [[Order of the Crown of Italy|Knight of the Crown of Italy]] on his retirement from the Sydney consulship for Italy.<ref name=Mennell/> In 1880 Mr. King accepted the Executive Commissionership for Queensland at the [[Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)|Melbourne International Exhibition]], and represented the colony on the steel rails inquiry held in London in 1881.<ref name=Mennell/> King was nominated to the [[Queensland Legislative Council]] on 26 January 1882, a position he held until resigning on 19 March 1890.<ref> |
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Revision as of 01:46, 10 January 2017
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 Riga, Russia |
| Died | 22 June 1894 (aged 79) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery |
| Nationality | Russian Australian |
| Spouse | Jane Creighton (m.1839 d.1896) |
| Relations | Robert King (son) |
| Occupation | 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, and of the London Chartered Bank.[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 Queensland in the following year, being created a Knight of the Crown of Italy on his retirement from the Sydney consulship for Italy.[2] In 1880 Mr. King accepted the Executive Commissionership for Queensland at the Melbourne International Exhibition, and represented the colony on the steel rails inquiry held in London in 1881.[2] King was nominated to the Queensland Legislative Council on 26 January 1882, a position he held until resigning on 19 March 1890.[4]
Survived by his wife, seven sons and three daughters, King died in Toowoomba, Queensland, on 22 June 1894 and was buried in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.[1][5] King's eldest son Robert John King represented the Electoral district of Paddington in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1889 to 1891.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Rutledge, Martha. "King, George (1814–1894)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. 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)". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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"Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860-2012 and of the Legislative Council 1860-1922" (PDF). Parliament of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Cemeteries Online — Toowoomba Regionial Council. Retrieved 20 February 2015.