William Roberts (1821 – 1 July 1900) was an Australian politician. He was born in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

to William Roberts and Susannah Jane Moss. On 2 April 1842 he married Louisa Wilhelmina Kemp, with whom he had nine children. A solicitor from 1845, he practised in

from 1851 and in

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from 1858. In 1859 he was elected to the

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for

, but he was defeated in 1860. Roberts returned to Sydney in 1871 and died there in 1900.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, William 1821 births 1900 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians