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Australian politician

Robert Bliss Wilkinson
In office 2 December 1880 – 25 June 1894
Born	1838 Northampton
Died	26 April 1928(1928-04-26) (aged 90) Strathfield
Spouse(s)	(1) Alice Georgiana Foss Jarrett (2) Annie Louise Leitch (née Lavender)
Parents	David Wilkinson (father) Elizabeth (née Bliss) (mother)

Robert Bliss Wilkinson (1838 – 26 April 1928) was an English-born Australian politician.

Robert Bliss Wilkinson was born in Northampton to engineer David Wilkinson and Elizabeth Bliss. He attended Hanwell College before migrating to Victoria in 1852.^[1]

From 1853 he worked for the Castlemaine and Maryborough branches of the Bank of Victoria.

He ran a station near Wagga Wagga from 1865 in partnership with J.S. Lavender; they sold out after a few years and became stock agents in 1870, running out of Sydney, Hay, Wagga Wagga and Bourke.

On 15 November 1882 he married Alice Georgiana Foss Jarrett; they had no children, but a second marriage on 26 February 1890 to Annie Louise Leitch (née Lavender) resulted in three children.

In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald. A Free Trader, he held his seat until his retirement in 1894.

In 1901 he became managing director of Wilkinson & Lavender, retiring in 1927.

Wilkinson died at Strathfield the following year.^[2]

Robert Bliss and Annie Louisa Wilkinson are buried directly alongside Alice Georgiana Foss Wilkinson behind St. Thomas’ church in South Strathfield (formerly known as Enfield).