Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Robert Ker (August 14, 1824 – 11 or 12 February 1879) was the first Auditor General of the Colony and then the Province of British Columbia. A descendant of the Dukes of Roxburghe and cousin of Allan Ebenezer Ker, Robert was born in Dalkeith and educated in Scotland, and came to Vancouver Island in 1859. He was friendly with colonial governor Sir James Douglas and John Sebastian Helmcken. Upon Canadian Confederation in 1867, he was appointed to the position of Dominion paymaster general.. }
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- Robert_Ker comment "Robert Ker (August 14, 1824 – 11 or 12 February 1879) was the first Auditor General of the Colony and then the Province of British Columbia. A descendant of the Dukes of Roxburghe and cousin of Allan Ebenezer Ker, Robert was born in Dalkeith and educated in Scotland, and came to Vancouver Island in 1859. He was friendly with colonial governor Sir James Douglas and John Sebastian Helmcken. Upon Canadian Confederation in 1867, he was appointed to the position of Dominion paymaster general.".