Robert King (1848 - 20 February 1905) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

He received his education in Ireland and after arriving in Australia acquired the Court House Hotel in Roma in 1884.

He worked in Brisbane from 1895 but in 1904 returned to Roma to become the licensee of the Court House Hotel again.

He married Jane Ann Lanaler[1] (died 1947)[2] in Tamworth and together had 3 sons and four daughters.

[3] Kennedy was the Labour member for Maranoa in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1893 until 1899.