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 ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 237 Right Hon. C. C. Kingston, P.C, Q.C, D.C.L., M.L.C. CHARLES CAMERON KINGSTON was born in Adelaide on October 22, 1850. Regarding his ancestry, it may be stated that his grandfather on the maternal side was the late Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cameron, of the 3rd Buffs, and formerly of the 92nd Regiment, who served with distinction in the Peninsular and North American Wars. Mr. Kingston's father, the late Sir George Strickland Kingston, was one of the celebri- ties of the Province. He arrived on these shores with Colonel Light in the !,hip Cygnet, some months prior to the proclamation establish- ing South Australia as a British Province. Sir George Kingston was one of the discoverers of the River Torrens ; and, next to Colonel Light, was the founder of Adelaide. He was the first white man to set foot on the site of the city. As Deputy Surveyor- General he assisted in the survey of the city, and upon the retire- ment of his chief he became Surveyor - General. In 1839 he held the post of Inspector of Public Works, and in the next year was appointed first Town Surveyor to the Adelaide Corporation. Among the elder Kingston's greatest services to the new Province was the part he took in securing a representative Parliament and Responsible Government for South Australia. He advocated manhood suffrage for both Houses of the local Legislature. In 1851 he was elected to the new Legislative Council, for the Burra District ; and, upon the inauguration of Responsible Government in 1857, he was unanimously selected as first Speaker to the Legislative Assembly. Sir George Kingston filled that office for nearly 20 years with dignity and tact, and his name finds an influential place in local history. He died at sea on November 26, 1 88 1, whilst on a voyage to India, taken to benefit his health. Mr. C. C. Kingston, the subject of this notice, was educated in Adelaide, at the Hammer ^ Co., Photo