William Robson (1843–1920)

For his son, the NSW MLA 1905–1920 and MLC 1920–1951, see William Robson (1869–1951).

William Robson (21 December 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Australian politician.^[1]

He was born in Newcastle to mine manager William Robson and Annie Veitch. He was educated at East Maitland and Wollongong and worked in a coal office before becoming a Methodist minister. He preached at Young, Braidwood, Waratah and Morpeth before leaving the ministry around 1879. On 17 March 1868 he had married Annie Robertson, with whom he had three children; one of them, also called William, continued the family's political tradition.^[2] He then worked for the colonial architects' office until 1885, eventually becoming a public accountant in 1895.^[3] In 1900 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Protectionist. He was a Member of Council of Newington College from 1898 until 1920 and was a lay preacher and strong advocate of union of the Methodist churches. He remained in the Council until his death in 1920 at Wollongong.^[1]

References

1. "Mr William Robson (1843-1920)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
2. "Mr William Elliot Veitch Robson (1869-1951)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
3. Clancy, Eric G (1988). "Robson, William (1843–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.