Henry Sandford King

He was born in Creswick, Victoria, Australia in May 1862.^[2]

He married Dorothea Lefroy (daughter of Gerald de Courcy and Elizabeth Brockman) in 1886. They had six children.^[3]

He died in 1930 in Papua New Guinea.^[4] The cause of his death was determined to be pneumonia.^[5]

He completed his schooling at Geelong Grammar School.^[3]

He later attended the Wesley College, Melbourne.^[3]

He obtained his Licensed Surveyor's Certificate in 1883.^[3]

He served as the Surveyor General of Western Australia from 1918 to 1923.^[6]

The Lake King, Western Australia is named after him.^[7]