Henry Robert Fuller (22 January 1825 – 27 August 1905) was a businessman in

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, Mayor of Adelaide from 1866 to 1869 and a member of both houses of the

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History

Fuller was born in Cambridge Heath, London the eldest son of H. P. Fuller, a surgeon of

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, London. He was educated at E. Duke's academy, "Belle Vue", at Ball's Pond, near Highbury, then at Mr. Burn's school,

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. He was employed as the second officer on several P. & O. steamships. He left the company at

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in 1845, and worked as a carter, carrying goods between the port and Adelaide city. In 1856 he and partners Henry Hill and George Mills won the contract to manage rail freight between the port and the city. When

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, who had taken over the carrying business of

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, decided to leave South Australia, Henry Fuller, George Mills, and

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(Henry's son), as John Hill & Co., took over that business, later became H. R. Fuller & Co. Fuller was elected to the

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for West Adelaide on 9 March 1865 and held the seat until 27 March 1870. He was mayor of Adelaide 1866–1869. On 12 May 1894 Fuller was elected to the

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for Central District No. 1, a seat he held until 18 May 1900, representing the

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Other interests

He was a director of the National Marine Insurance Company of South Australia. He was the owner of considerable property on

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, which included the Theatre Royal site.

Family

Henry Robert Fuller married Amelia Georgina Harward (1834 – 27 August 1926) on 7 February 1853. Their children included: *Louisa Emma Fuller (28 April 1854 – 14 July 1925) married Richard Henry Cowham on 10 March 1883, lived at Forestville. *Alfred Frederick Richman Fuller ( – 27 October 1941) married Elizabeth Graham on 12 June 1884, with Lorimer, Rome & Co. *Florence Bateman Fuller (ca.1858 – 2 April 1889) married Edgar Atkinson on 23 January 1884. *Lawrence Herbert "Bert" Fuller (ca.1860 – 18 October 1926) married Jean Reeves on 15 December 1915 *William Henry Fuller (ca.1862 – 16 July 1949) married Sarah D. Graham on 13 February 1894 of Hayward Station, later Hyde Park *

Henry Ernest Fuller Henry Ernest Fuller (13 August 1867 – 18 February 1962), generally known as H. E. Fuller, was an architect, artist and art critic in South Australia. History Fuller was born in Adelaide, a son of Henry Robert Fuller (1825–1905), mayor of Ade ...

(13 August 1867 – 18 February 1962) was a noted Adelaide architect and prominent member of the South Australian Society of Arts. He married Margaret Sunter on 10 January 1893; they lived at "Lauriston", Kent Town, then "Lauriston",

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, then Grenfell Street, Adelaide. *Harold Reginald Fuller ( – 25 February 1948) married Ruby Hayes Norman on 24 April 1907, with Hill & Co.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuller, Henry Robert 1825 births 1905 deaths Mayors and Lord Mayors of Adelaide Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Members of the South Australian Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians English emigrants to colonial Australia