Loading AI tools
Thomas King (14 February 1833 – 20 November 1886) was a politician in colonial South Australia, Minister of Education from 1878 to 1881.[1]
Thomas King | |
---|---|
![]() Thomas King as Minister for Education | |
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Sturt | |
In office 10 April 1876 – 7 April 1881 | |
Preceded by | Samuel Way |
Succeeded by | Josiah Symon |
In office 13 November 1882 – 6 July 1885 | |
Preceded by | William Townsend |
Succeeded by | Samuel Dening Glyde |
Minister for Education | |
In office 7 October 1878 – 10 March 1881 | |
Premier | William Morgan |
Preceded by | Rowland Rees |
Succeeded by | Martin Basedow |
Personal details | |
Born | Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England | 14 February 1833
Died | 20 November 1886 53) Bayswater, England | (aged
King was born at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England on 14 February 1833. He was the son of William King who migrated to Adelaide in 1852.[2] He was for many years a member of the firm of Barrow & King, proprietors of the South Australian Advertiser, Chronicle, and Express.[3] King represented Sturt in the South Australian House of Assembly from 10 April 1876 to 7 April 1881, and from 13 November 1882 to 6 July 1885, and was Minister of Education in the William Morgan Ministry from 7 October 1878 to 10 March 1881.[1]
Having come to England as one of the South Australian commissioners to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition held at South Kensington in 1886, he died at Bayswater, England, on 20 November of that year. [3]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.