Abraham Scott (ca.1817 – November 1903) was a businessman and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia.
History edit
Abraham, a brother of Henry Scott (1836–1913), was a son of Thomas Scott, of Boode House, near Braunton, in Devonshire, a member of an old Scottish family, and was educated in Bristol. He emigrated to South Australia and set up in business as a wool merchant. Around 1854 his brother Henry arrived and began working in his office, and took over the business around 1866.[1]
He was a director of the National Bank of Australia and was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council in 1857.[2] He was reelected but resigned in 1867 to return to London, where he served as director of the Bank of Adelaide and agent for Goldsbrough Mort & Co.[3]
Family edit
He married Eliza Georgina Gooch (died 21 June 1910), a daughter of Charles Gooch; they had a son Thomas. Both were living in England when he died.[3] Thomas married Elizabeth Isabella Silver of Bewdley, Worcestershire, in Hampstead on 4 February 1875; he married Mary Isabella Strangways Wigley, daughter of W. R. Wigley of Glenelg on 24 November 1887.
(His brother Henry married Emily Gooch, also a daughter of Charles Gooch; his wife's death notice gave her name as Anne Scott Gooch.)[4]
References edit
- ^ "A Worthy Citizen". The Register. 17 December 1913. p. 13. Retrieved 29 August 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Abraham Scott". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Obituary". The Chronicle. 28 November 1903. p. 33. Retrieved 28 August 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Register. 8 March 1912. p. 12. Retrieved 29 August 2014 – via Trove.