politician
Robert Torrens.
19th-century South Australian politician responsible for the introduction of Torrens title
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About Robert Torrens
Sir Robert Richard Torrens,, also known as Robert Richard Chute Torrens, was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and land reformer. After a move to London in 1836, he became prominent in the early years of the Colony of South Australia, emigrating after being appointed to a civil service position there in 1840. He was Colonial Treasurer and Registrar-General from 1852 to 1857 and then the third Premier of South Australia for a single month in September 1857.
Everything about Robert Torrens →- Occupation
- politician, civil servant
- Position held
- Premier of South Australia, member of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the South Australian Legislative Council, Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia
- Born
- July 1, 1814, May 31, 1812
- Died
- August 31, 1884