John Hart Jr. (1848–1881) was a member of the South Australian parliament from 1880 to 1881. Hart was the third of seven children of

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who was three times premier of South Australia between 1865 and 1871. He was senior member of J. Hart & Co., the business founded by his father. In 1870, Hart became the inaugural president of the

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, and "Buck's Flat", in his father's Glanville Hall Estate property, was the club's home and site of many matches in its early years. The club's inaugural secretary was the longtime manager of Hart's Mill, William Leicester. Hart was also president of the Port Adelaide Rifle Club and a prominent member of the

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, serving as Master of Fox Hounds for the years 1873 and 1876. He was elected to the seat of

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in the

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in 1880 but died the following year prior to the end of his term. He died on 15 August 1881 at Wooton Lea,

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Family

In 1877 he married Emily Lavinia Finch (died 5 October 1939) on 8 August 1877. Their children included: *John Heriot HartThis is the spelling given in both daily newspapers although, curiously, his great-grandfather was John Harriott Hart. (25 January 1880 – 1 March 1929) was a prominent musician. *Marian Henthorn Hart (15 June 1881 – 18 May 1942)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, John Jr. Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Australian flour millers and merchants 1848 births 1881 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian businesspeople