Ralph Mayer Robey (8 January 1809 – 1 April 1864), often "Ralph Meyer Robey", was an English-born Australian politician and businessman.
Robey was the son of William and Elizabeth Robey, and migrated to New South Wales in 1841. He ran a store and ironmongery in Sydney from 1843, and gradually expanded his business over the subsequent years. He was also involved in sugar growing and was one of the original shareholders of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR).[1]
He set up a sugar refinery in opposition to CSR at Oyster Cove (Waverton), which failed when credit was curtailed under controversial circumstances. Financially embarrassed, Robey had to sell the enterprise to CSR at a loss, leading to dispute and litigation.[2]
Robey married twice: first to Mary Ann Robey, née Leese, with whom he had five children, and died in 1841 on the way to Australia. On 21 October 1842 he married Louisa Townsend; they would have another five or more. She killed herself on 20 September 1889 by cutting her throat. Among their children were:
His third daughter Frances Emily Robey (died 22 June 1899)[3] married Henry Edward Russell of Goulburn on 4 June 1870.[4]
His fourth daughter Louisa Gertrude Robey (c. 1847 – 29 March 1918), married George Alfred Russell at Valparaiso on 27 December 1866.[5] George Alfred Russell and Henry Edward Russell were brothers.[6]
^Edgar, Suzanne, "Robey, Ralph Mayer (1809–1864)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 22 February 2021
^"Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 16, 527. Victoria, Australia. 26 June 1899. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Family Notices". The Empire. No. 5791. New South Wales, Australia. 9 June 1870. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Family Notices". The Sydney Mail. Vol. VIII, no. 350. New South Wales, Australia. 16 March 1867. p. 3. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Family Notices". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. XXXIV, no. 1154. New South Wales, Australia. 19 August 1882. p. 323. Retrieved 22 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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