Robert Moss King

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Robert Moss King (1832–1903), was a British officer in the Indian Civil Service, whose life in India is portrayed in his wife Elizabeth King's memoirs, The Diary of a Civilian's Wife in India 1877-1882.[1][2][3][4][5]

Robert Moss King was born in 1832, a son of the Reverend William Moss King.[6] He was educated at Eton,[6] then gained admission to Merton College, Oxford, from where he graduated in 1855,[6][7] and joined the Indian Civil Service in 1856.[8]

Personal and family

In 1860 King married Elizabeth Augusta Egerton.[6] They had two sons and a daughter.[6]

Awards and honours

King received the Indian Mutiny Medal.[6]

Death

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