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.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life and education[edit | edit source]
Robert Moss King was born in 1832, a son of the Reverend William Moss King.[6] He was educated at Eton,[6] then gained admission to Merton College, Oxford, from where he graduated in 1855,[6][7] and joined the Indian Civil Service in 1856.[8]
Personal and family[edit | edit source]
In 1860 King married Elizabeth Augusta Egerton.[6] They had two sons and a daughter.[6]
Awards and honours[edit | edit source]
King received the Indian Mutiny Medal.[6]
Death[edit | edit source]
King died in 1903 at Ashcott.[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "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.
- ↑ Smeaton, R, ed. (1881). History of services of gazetted officers employed under the government of the N.W.P. and Oudh. Corrected up to 1st Jan., 1881. Allahabad: North-Western Provinces and Oudh Govt. Press. p. 25.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "Robert Moss King 1832-1903". www.natgould.org.