Robert Moss King (1832-1903), was a British officer in the Indian Civil Service, whose life in India is portrayed in his wife, Elizabeth King's memoirs, The Diary of a Civilian's Wife in India 1877-1882.
Early life and education
Robert Moss King was born in 1832 to Reverend William Moss King. He completed sixth form from Eton. He then gained admission to Merton College, Oxford, from where he graduated in 1855.
Personal and family
In 1860 King married Elizabeth Augusta Egerton. They had two sons and a daughter.
Awards and honours
King received the Indian Mutiny Medal.
Death
King died in 1903 at Ashcott.
References
- Kennedy, Dane (1996). "6. Nurseries of the Ruling Race". The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj. University of California Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 0-520-20188-4.
- Buckingham, James Silk; Sterling, John; Maurice, Frederick Denison; Stebbing, Henry; Dilke, Charles Wentworth; Hervey, Thomas Kibble; Dixon, William Hepworth; Maccoll, Norman; Rendall, Vernon Horace; Murry, John Middleton (11 April 1885). "The Diary of a Civilian's Wife in India 1877-1882". Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle (2998). J. Francis: 466.
- Bhandari, Rajika (2012). The Raj on the Move. New Delhi: Roli Books Private Limited. pp. 103–104. ISBN 978-81-7436-849-2.
- Chattopadhyay, Swati (2023). "8. Making Invisible". Small Spaces: Recasting the Architecture of Empire. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 124–125. ISBN 978-1-350-28823-2.
- "Appendix IV: Statistics". Report of Her Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners. H.M. Stationery Office. 1859. p. 317.
- ^ "Death of Mr R. Moss King". Chard and Ilminster News. Somerset. 18 July 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "University Intelligence". London Evening Standard. London. 16 February 1855. p. 1. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Further reading
- "Robert Moss King 1832-1903". www.natgould.org.
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