George Fowler Stewart (1861 – 3 January 1917), generally known as Fowler Stewart, was a Scots-born businessman and public figure in Adelaide, South Australia.
History
Stewart was the youngest son of Charles Stewart, a prominent manufacturer of
Kirkcaldy
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, Fifeshire, Scotland, and was educated at a college in
Edinburgh.
In 1879 he started work at the London office of
D. & J. Fowler founded by his uncles David, James and (later)
George Fowler.
In 1881 he was sent to Adelaide to learn the business there, and in 1887 took over management of the
Fremantle, Western Australia branch. He spent several years travelling the world, returned to Adelaide in 1889 and in 1890 married Laura Hill, youngest daughter of William Hill.
When D & J Fowler was floated as a public company, Stewart was sent to London as a Director.
He returned to Adelaide in 1901 and in 1914 retired from the Company.
He died suddenly at home as a result of a heart attack.
Other interests
Stewart was
*prominent in the establishment of the
Australian Dried Fruit Association and its first secretary.
*one of the original members of the Federation League, an early promoter of
Federation of Australia
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Western A ...
.
*chairman of the joint council of the
Australasian National League
The National Defence League (NDL) was an independent conservative political party, founded in 1891 by MLC Richard Baker in South Australia as an immediate response to the perceived threat from Labor. Though renamed the Australasian National Lea ...
and
Farmers' and Producers' Political Union, which, with the
Liberal and Democratic Union, founded the
Liberal Union of South Australia.
*president of the
Torrens
Torrens may refer to:
Places South Australia
* Electoral district of Torrens, a state electoral district
* Lake Torrens, a salt lake north of Adelaide
* River Torrens, which runs through the heart of Adelaide
* Torrens Building, a heritage-liste ...
electoral committee, president of the
Glenelg branch, and a member of the council and State executive of the Liberal Union.
*an active member of the
South Australian Caledonian Society and its Chief in 1902.
*a member of the
Glenelg Town Council in 1905
*a member of the
South Australian Literary Societies' Union and its president in 1906. He was at one time treasurer of the Union Parliament associated with that body.
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Family
Stewart married Laura Hill (1863–1957) on 26 June 1890. Laura was a granddaughter of John Dunn John, Jack, Johnny, Jon, or Jonathan Dunn may refer to:
Entertainment
*John Dunn (pipemaker) (c. 1764–1820), inventor of keyed Northumbrian smallpipes
*John Dunn (actor) born O'Donoghue (1813–1875), Australian comic actor
*John Millard Dunn (1 ...
of Mount Barker.
*Helen Fowler Stewart (8 April 1891 – 1980) married Valentine Zerbini Alderman of Glenelg on 9 October 1917
*William Hill Dunn Stewart (3 October 1895 – )
*Charles Gordon Stewart (20 October 1903 – 1968) married Mary Frewin Hancock on 10 December 1936, lived at Langkoop, Victoria
Langkoop is a locality in the Shire of West Wimmera, Victoria, Australia. Langkoop was home to the current AFL footballer and 2020 Brownlow Medalist Lachie Neale
Lachlan Oliver Neale (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer play ...
They had a home "Waldo", Glenelg; later "Waldo", Kensington Gardens
References
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1861 births
1917 deaths
British emigrants to colonial Australia
Australian merchants
19th-century Australian businesspeople