Adams, Robert Patten, solicitor-general Tasmania since 1867, ex-officio member of Board of Examiners under the Barristers and Attorneys' Admission Act, member of House of Assembly for district of Hobart Town 1859, 1861, 1862–6, matric King's Coll. School, London, a student of the Middle Temple 14 April, 1851, called to the bar 1 May, 1854 (3rd son of James White Adams, of Martock, Somerset, gentleman); born 4 March, 1831; married 1st, , , Harriet Mathilde, dau. of Capt. George King, R.N.; he married 2ndly, , , Kate, dau. of George Francis Huston, of New Norfolk, Tasmania, surgeon.
- Hobart, Tasmania.