Richard Philip "Dick" King (1813-1871) was an English trader and colonist at Port Natal, a British trading station in the region now known as KwaZulu-Natal. He is best known for a historic horseback ride in 1842, where he completed a journey of 960 km / 600 miles in 10 days, in order to request help for the besieged British garrison at Port Natal (now the Old Fort, Durban).

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