Augustine Stow, J.P., (3 August 1833 – 29 May 1903) was a politician in colonial

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, member of the

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for West Torrens from November 1862 to 1864, and for

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from October 1866 to 1868. Stow was born in

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, England, the son of the Rev. Thomas Quentin Stow and his wife Elizabeth, ''née'' Eppes; Augustine was the brother of

Randolph Isham Stow Randolph Isham Stow (17 December 1828 – 17 September 1878) was an English-born Australian Supreme Court of South Australia judge. Early life Stow was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England and baptised at Water Lane-Independent, Bishops S ...

and Jefferson Pickman Stow. The family arrived in South Australia in the ''Hartley'' in 1837. He married Elizabeth Augusta Frew on 10 September 1867. On 19 March 1869, Stow was elected to the

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(in the days when all members were voted in by the whole colony, "The Province"), resigning in September 1871. Stow was Chief Secretary in

Henry Strangways Henry Bull Templar Strangways (14 November 1832 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia. Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England. As a boy, he visited Sou ...

' Ministry for 18 days in May 1870. 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. Stow was a member of the board of governors of the Art Gallery, Public Library and Museum. Stow died on 29 May 1903 at

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, South Australia.

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