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SIR ROBERT RICHARD TORRENS (1814-1884)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 60 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:ROBERT See also:RICHARD See also:TORRENS (1814-1884)  , See also:British colonial statesman, was See also:born at See also:Cork, See also:Ireland, in 1814, and educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin . He went to See also:South See also:Australia in 184o, and was appointed See also:collector of customs . He was an See also:official member of the first legislative See also:council and in 1852 was treasurer and registrar-See also:general . When responsible See also:government was established he was elected as a representative for See also:Adelaide and became a member of the first See also:ministry . In 1857 he introduced his famous Real See also:Property See also:Act, the principle of which consists of See also:conveyance by See also:registration and certificate instead of deeds . The See also:system was rapidly adopted in the other colonies and elsewhere, and was expounded by the author during a visit to the See also:United See also:Kingdom in 1862-1864 . After leaving South Australia, See also:Sir R . R . See also:Torrens represented See also:Cambridge in the See also:House of See also:Commons from 1868 to 1874; in 1872 he was knighted . He was the author of See also:works on the effect of the See also:gold discoveries on the currency, and other subjects . He died on the 31st of See also:August 1884 .

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