Richard Hutchinson Roberts (10 July 1835 – 17 June 1903) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to businessman Joseph Roberts and Martha Anne Hutchinson. He came from a Camden settler family and owned Roberton Park near Glenquarry. On 22 September 1853 he married Susanna Neich, with whom he had nine children; a second marriage on 11 January 1900 was to Leila Helen Riach. In 1864 he was elected to the

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for Camden, but he did not re-contest in 1869. In 1882 he was appointed to the

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, where he remained until his death at Roberton Park in 1903.

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1835 births 1903 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub