Robert Crompton (politician)

Robert Crompton, CBE, QC
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1914–1920
Preceded byJames Burton Turner
Succeeded byFrancis Riemenschneider
ConstituencySouthern
Personal details
Born1869
Russian Empire
Died19 December 1958
Christchurch, New Zealand
ProfessionLawyer

Robert Crompton CBE QC (1869 – 19 December 1958) was a British lawyer and politician in Fiji. Alongside Henry Marks, John Maynard Hedstrom and Henry Milne Scott, he was one of the 'big four' that heavily influenced the Fijian economy and political sphere in the first half of the 20th century.[1]

  1. ^ Death of Robert Crompton: Last of the Fiji big four Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1959, pp15, 145