George Strickland Kingston
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 144 years ago |
Date of birth | August 23,1807 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Bandon |
Ireland | |
Date of died | November 26,1880 |
Died | World Ocean |
Resting place | buried at sea |
Books | Register of the rain gauge |
Children | Charles Kingston |
S. G. Kingston | |
Job | Architect |
Politician | |
Civil engineer | |
Designed | Government House, Adelaide |
Ayers House | |
Cummins House, Adelaide | |
Previous position | Member of the Legislative Council of South Australia (1851–1857) |
Parents | George Kingston and Hester Holland |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1464266 |
George Strickland Kingston Life story
Sir George Strickland Kingston was the Deputy Surveyor to William Light, engaged to survey the new colony of South Australia. He arrived in South Australia on the Cygnet in 1836. Kingston was also the first Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly.