Joseph Abbott (August 1843 – 15 June 1903) was a wool-broker and politician in

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Career

Abbott was an auctioneer of wool, chief auctioneer and a partner and managing director of Mort & Co. Ltd. Abbott was elected to the seat of Newtown in the

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in a by-election in February 1888. Abbott held the seat and won the election in July when the seat was reformed as the Electoral district of Newtown-Camperdown. Abbott retired from politics in July 1895. He died in

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on 15 June 1903.

Family

On his death he was survived by his widow, six sons and three daughters. All his sons were educated at

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George Henry Abbott George Henry Abbott (1867–1942) was an Australian surgeon, President of the New South Wales branch of the British Medical Association, President of the Royal Australian Historical Society and a fellow of the University of Sydney Senate. Bio ...

(1867–1942), became a medical practitioner, lectured in clinical surgery at the

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in 1911–27, was a founding fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons, and a councillor and later president of the New South Wales branch of the British Medical Association. He was also a keen numismatist, sometime president of the

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and fellow of the

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Senate. Joseph Sydney Abbott (1869–1957), followed in his father's steps, and was for many years a partner in the firm of Wright & Abbott, wool scourers, brokers and commission agents. Arthur Edgar Abbott (1876–1960), studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1900. He initially became a partner in Lambton, Milford & Abbott but in 1909 he retired from that firm and became a partner in Garland, Seaborne and Abbott. From 1947 until 1949 he was president of The Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbott, Joseph 1843 births 1903 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly People from Parramatta Australian auctioneers 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian businesspeople Australian numismatists