Robert Torrens Australia in the street of Torrens Terrace, in Wellington, New Zealand. Robert Torrens Sir Robert Richard Torrens, (1 July 1814 – 31 August 1884) was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and reformist. He was prominent in the early years of the Colony of South Australia, initially as a civil servant and then as a political officeholder. He was Colonial Treasurer from 1852 to 1857 and then Premier of South Australia for a single month in September 1857. Torrens is chiefly remembered as the originator of the Torrens title, a system of land registration. He secured its implementation in South Australia in
Roy Torrens Roy Torrens Robert "Roy" Torrens OBE (born 17 May 1948 in Derry, Northern Ireland), is a retired cricketer and the current manager of the Ireland cricket team. Torrens was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he represented Ireland six times in first-class cricket between 1966 and 1982, taking 26 wickets at the excellent average of 15.46. More recently, he has served as the manager of the Irish cricket team, and headed their delegation to the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Torrens was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours in recognition