Augustine Stow

Augustine Stow, J.P., (3 August 1833 – 29 May 1903)[1] was a politician in colonial South Australia, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for West Torrens from November 1862 to 1864, and for Flinders from October 1866 to 1868.[2][3]

Augustine Stow

24th Chief Secretary of South Australia
In office
12 May 1870  30 May 1870
PremierHenry Strangways
Preceded byJohn Bagot
Succeeded byWilliam Milne
Personal details
Born(1833-08-03)3 August 1833
Halstead, Essex, United Kingdom
Died29 May 1903(1903-05-29) (aged 69)
Unley, South Australia
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
Elizabeth Augusta Frew
(m. 1867)

Stow was born in Halstead, Essex, England, the son of the Rev. Thomas Quentin Stow and his wife Elizabeth, née Eppes; Augustine was the brother of Randolph Isham Stow and Jefferson Pickman Stow.[1] The family arrived in South Australia in the Hartley in 1837.[1] He married Elizabeth Augusta Frew on 10 September 1867.[1] On 19 March 1869, Stow was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council (in the days when all members were voted in by the whole colony, "The Province"),[3] resigning in September 1871.[2] Stow was Chief Secretary in Henry Strangways' Ministry for 18 days in May 1870.[3] In 1877 he entered the Government service, and in April 1884 was appointed Registrar of Probates, and Chief Clerk in the Supreme Court. He was also Commissioner of Inland Revenue without salary.[2]

Stow was a member of the board of governors of the Art Gallery, Public Library and Museum. Stow died on 29 May 1903 at Unley, Adelaide, South Australia.[1]

References

  1. Ross, D. Bruce. "Stow, Augustine (1833–1903)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 21 September 2013 via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Stow, Augustine" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co via Wikisource.
  3. "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 to 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
Parliament of South Australia
Preceded by
Randolph Stow
Member of Parliament for West Torrens
1862  1865
Served alongside: Henry Strangways
Succeeded by
John Pickering
Preceded by
Alfred Watts
Member of Parliament for Flinders
1866  1868
Served alongside: John Williams
Succeeded by
Alfred Watts
Preceded by
William Peacock
Charles Everard
Thomas Elder
Charles Bagot
Member of the South Australian Legislative Council
1869  1871
Served alongside: Multiple Members
Succeeded by
William Storrie
Philip Santo
Charles Everard
Thomas Elder
Political offices
Preceded by
John Bagot
Chief Secretary of South Australia
1870
Succeeded by
William Milne
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