John Scott (Queensland politician)

John Scott
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Clermont
In office 22 June 1868 – 1 October 1868
Preceded by	Charles Fitzsimmons
Succeeded by	Robert Travers Atkin
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Leichhardt
In office 13 September 1870 – 4 November 1873
Preceded by	Gordon Sandeman
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
In office 14 November 1878 – 5 May 1888 Serving with Charles Royds, Edmund Royds
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Springsure
In office 4 November 1873 – 14 November 1878
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office 23 August 1888 – 26 June 1890
Personal details
Born	(1821-06-20)20 June 1821 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	2 July 1898(1898-07-02) (aged 77) Lucerne, Brisbane, Queensland
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Spouse	Agnes Thomson
Occupation	Squatter

John Scott (20 June 1821 – 2 July 1898) was a grazier, company director and politician in colonial Queensland.

Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of John Scott and his wife Marion Purves. John Scott junior's wife was Agnes Thomson who died in July 1892.

Business life

Scott was educated at the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh, where he studied medicine. He arrived in New South Wales in 1843. For a time he was a squatter in Goulburn, New South Wales. Between 1851 and 1852 he was in the United Kingdom. He went to Queensland in 1855. He stocked Palm-Tree Creek, Dawson which he sold in 1865 but acquired further stations. Scott was a director of City Mutual Life Assurance Society and vice president of The Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland. Scott was a trustee of Brisbane Grammar School from 1874 to 1888 and Honorary Treasurer from 1877 to 1886.[1]

Political career

Scott was both a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and the Queensland Legislative Council in a political career lasting from 1868 till 1890.[2]

He was Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly, 15 November 1871 to 1 September 1873 and 21 January 1879 to 26 July 1883.[2]

Scott died at Lucerne,[2] Milton, Brisbane, Queensland in 1898 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[3]

Family

John Scott and his wife Agnes had five children:[4]

• Ada Frances (1855–1905), the wife of George Neville Griffiths M.L.A. Griffiths and Ada Frances were the grandparents of William Charles Wentworth M.P. (1907-2003)[5][6]
• Arthur (1857–1874)
• Dr. Eric Scott (b. 1859)
• Florence (b. 1860)
• Constance

See also

• Political families of Australia: Wentworth/Hill/Griffiths/Scott/Cooper family

References

1. BGS Annals 1869-1922: Stuart Stephenson, BGS Headmaster 1928-1939
2. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
3. "Brisbane City Council - Online - Grave Location Search". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
4. Record: The University of Sydney Archives 2010: Ada's Story, Jill Brown p. 23 Retrieved I January 2017
5. Record: The University of Sydney Archives 2010: Ada's Story, Jill Brown p. 23 online Retrieved 2 January 2017
6. "Ada's Story, Jill Brown" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2021.

• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
• Queenslander, 9 July 1898
• Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Charles Fitzsimmons	Member for Clermont 1868	Succeeded by Robert Travers Atkin
Preceded by Gordon Sandeman	Member for Leichhardt 1870 – 1873	Abolished
New seat	Member for Springsure 1873 – 1878	Abolished
New seat	Member for Leichhardt 1878 – 1888 Served alongside: Charles Royds, Edmund Royds	Abolished