Robert Isaacs
Robert McIntosh Isaacs was an Australian politician.
He was born at Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, the son of Robert Glover Isaacs. He was educated in England and called to the bar in 1839. On 27 July 1841 he married Barberina Rogers Harrison, with whom he had six children. He migrated to Sydney in 1843, continuing to work as a barrister, and he visited England from 1854 to 1855. A member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1857 to 1861, he refused appointment as Attorney-general. In 1865 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Yass Plains, serving until his retirement in 1869. He was the Solicitor General in the 2nd government of James Martin from 22 January 1866 to 26 October 1868. In 1871 he moved to Hobart to serve as chancellor of the Anglican archdiocese of Hobart, returning to Sydney in 1872 where he became crown prosecutor for the western districts. A conservative politically, he described himself as a Tory. Isaacs died at Darlinghurst in 1876.
