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Charles James Roberts C.M.G., (29 March 1846 – 14 August 1925)〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Mr Charles James ROBERTS (1846 - 1925) )〕 was a publican and politician in colonial New South Wales and Postmaster-General of New South Wales. Roberts was the eldest son of Charles Warman Roberts,〔 a publican of Sydney, New South Wales, and his wife Annie, ''née'' Marsden and educated at St James's Grammar School and Sydney Grammar School under William Stephens. Roberts went into business, becoming a licensed victualler. Roberts married in 1867 Lucretia, daughter of Abraham Abraham, of Sydney.〔 Also in 1867 Roberts purchased from his father the Crown and Anchor Hotel, on the corner of George and Market streets. In 1888 Roberts demolished this hotel and built a five-story hotel on the site, naming it the Robert's Hotel.〔 〕 Roberts was Mayor of Sydney in 1879, the year of the International Exhibition, for which he was a member of the New South Wales Commission, as also of the Commissions for the exhibitions held in Melbourne in 1880, Amsterdam in 1883, Calcutta in 1883-4, South Kensington (Colonial and Indian) in 1886, and Centennial in 1888. Roberts was member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Hastings and Manning district from 1882 to 1889, and was Postmaster-General in the Henry Parkes Ministry from January 1887 to January 1889.〔 Roberts was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 29 April 1890 until his death on 14 August 1925.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles James Roberts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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