economist
Robert Torrens.
Anglo-Irish Royal Marine, economist, and chair of South Australian Colonisation Commission (1780-1864)
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About Robert Torrens
Robert Torrens was a Royal Marines officer, political economist, part-owner of the influential Globe newspaper, and a prolific writer. He also chaired the board of the London-based South Australian Colonisation Commission created by the South Australia Act 1834 to oversee the new colony of South Australia, before the colony went bankrupt and he was sacked in 1841. He was chiefly known for championing the cause for emigration to the new colony, and his name lives on in Adelaide's main river, the Torrens, the suburb of Torrensville and a few other places.
Everything about Robert Torrens →- Occupation
- economist, politician, businessperson, army officer
- Position held
- member of the 11th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1780
- Died
- May 27, 1864