Augustine Stow

Augustine Stow
Augustine Stow; JP
24th Chief Secretary of South Australia
	In office; 12 May 1870 – 30 May 1870
Premier	Henry Strangways
Preceded by	John Bagot
Succeeded by	William Milne
Personal details
Born	3 August 1833; Halstead, Essex, United Kingdom
Died	29 May 1903 (aged 69); Unley, South Australia
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Augusta Frew (m. 1867)

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]

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

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.
Mennell, Philip (1892). "Stow, Augustine" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
"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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[adb-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.

[Mennell-2] Mennell, Philip (1892). "Stow, Augustine" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

[parl-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.