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		⚫	'''Robert Moss King''' (1832-1903), was a British officer in the ], whose life in India is portrayed in his wife, ]'s memoirs, '']''.<ref name=Kennedy1996>{{cite book \|last1=Kennedy \|first1=Dane \|title=The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj \|date=1996 \|publisher=University of California Press \|isbn=0-520-20188-4 \|pages=119-120 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKXeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 \|language=en \|chapter=6. Nurseries of the Ruling Race}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Buckingham \|first1=James Silk \|last2=Sterling \|first2=John \|last3=Maurice \|first3=Frederick Denison \|last4=Stebbing \|first4=Henry \|last5=Dilke \|first5=Charles Wentworth \|last6=Hervey \|first6=Thomas Kibble \|last7=Dixon \|first7=William Hepworth \|last8=Maccoll \|first8=Norman \|last9=Rendall \|first9=Vernon Horace \|last10=Murry \|first10=John Middleton \|journal=Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle \|date=11 April 1885 \|issue=2998 \|page=466 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWIvAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA466 \|title=The Diary of a Civilian's Wife in India 1877-1882 \|publisher=J. Francis \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Bhandari2012>{{cite book \|last1=Bhandari \|first1=Rajika \|title=The Raj on the Move \|date=2012 \|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited \|location=New Delhi \|isbn=978-81-7436-849-2 \|pages=103-104 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XN2mBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Chattopadhyay2023>{{cite book \|last1=Chattopadhyay \|first1=Swati \|title=Small Spaces: Recasting the Architecture of Empire \|date=2023 \|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing \|location=London \|isbn=978-1-350-28823-2 \|pages=124-125 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ddLGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124 \|language=en \|chapter=8. Making Invisible}}</ref><ref name=HMSO1859>{{cite book \|title=Report of Her Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners \|date=1859 \|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office \|page=317 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fihAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA317\|language=en \|chapter=Appendix IV: Statistics}}</ref>
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⚫	'''Robert Moss King''' was a British Indian Civil ~~Servant~~, whose life in India is portrayed in his wife, ]'s memoirs, '']''.<ref name=Kennedy1996>{{cite book \|last1=Kennedy \|first1=Dane \|title=The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj \|date=1996 \|publisher=University of California Press \|isbn=0-520-20188-4 \|pages=119-120 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKXeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 \|language=en \|chapter=6. Nurseries of the Ruling Race}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Buckingham \|first1=James Silk \|last2=Sterling \|first2=John \|last3=Maurice \|first3=Frederick Denison \|last4=Stebbing \|first4=Henry \|last5=Dilke \|first5=Charles Wentworth \|last6=Hervey \|first6=Thomas Kibble \|last7=Dixon \|first7=William Hepworth \|last8=Maccoll \|first8=Norman \|last9=Rendall \|first9=Vernon Horace \|last10=Murry \|first10=John Middleton \|journal=Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle \|date=11 April 1885 \|issue=2998 \|page=466 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWIvAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA466 \|title=The Diary of a Civilian's Wife in India 1877-1882 \|publisher=J. Francis \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Bhandari2012>{{cite book \|last1=Bhandari \|first1=Rajika \|title=The Raj on the Move \|date=2012 \|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited \|location=New Delhi \|isbn=978-81-7436-849-2 \|pages=103-104 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XN2mBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Chattopadhyay2023>{{cite book \|last1=Chattopadhyay \|first1=Swati \|title=Small Spaces: Recasting the Architecture of Empire \|date=2023 \|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing \|location=London \|isbn=978-1-350-28823-2 \|pages=124-125 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ddLGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124 \|language=en \|chapter=8. Making Invisible}}</ref>
			==Early life and education==
			Robert Moss King was born in 1832 to Reverend William Moss King.<ref name=Obit1903>{{cite news \|title=Death of Mr R. Moss King \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002063/19030718/060/0003\|access-date=26 December 2024 \|work=Chard and Ilminster News\|date=18 July 1903\|location=Somerset \|page=3\|via=]\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He completed sixth form from ].<ref name=Obit1903/> He then gained admission to ], Oxford, from where he graduated in 1855.<ref name=Obit1903/><ref name=UI1855>{{cite news \|title=University Intelligence \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18550216/002/0001 \|access-date=26 December 2024 \|work=London Evening Standard\|date=16 February 1855\|location=London \|page=1\|via=]\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

			==Personal and family==
			In 1860 King married ].<ref name=Obit1903/> They had two sons and a daughter.<ref name=Obit1903/>

			==Awards and honours==
			King received the ].<ref name=Obit1903/>

			==Death==
			King died in 1903 at ].<ref name=Obit1903/>

	==References==		==References==
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			==Further reading==
			*{{cite web \|title=Robert Moss King 1832-1903 \|url=http://www.natgould.org/robert_moss_king_1832-1903 \|website=www.natgould.org}}

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Latest revision as of 12:45, 26 December 2024

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.