Notable South Australians/Robert Whinham
Robert Whinham,
SON of the above, whose sad death took place at North Adelaide, on the 10th October, 1884, by a fall from his horse, was a young man eminently respected by all classes for his sterling qualities and kindly disposition. His long association with the educational institution of which for some years he had been Principal, gave him a position of commanding influence, and he was fully alive to the importance of his work, and with characteristic energy and consciousness fulfilled its responsible duties. Numbers of scholars who have been under his training and that of his respected father, occupy, with credit to themselves, responsible positions in this colony. While teaching was the work of his life, Mr. Whinham ungrudgingly gave valuable help at entertainments for religious and charitable purposes, where his exceptional gift as an elocutionist (the knowledge of which he acquired from his mother) were a source of pleasure to all who heard him. His death in the prime of life, and at the early age of 37, was much deplored, and its sad tidings came on the community like a shock. The Hon. W. B. Rounsevell, M.P., and other old scholars of Whinham College, have interested themselves in establishing a scholarship, entitled the "Robert Whinham Scholarship," and a monument or tablet is to be erected over the grave of the deceased.