Caleb Peacock

Caleb Peacock when Mayor of Adelaide c. 1875–1877

Caleb Peacock (13 April 1841 – 17 February 1896) was educated at Adelaide Educational Institution, one of J. L. Young's two first students.

He was for some time manager of Peacock and Son.[1]

He was associated with Beeby and Dunstan, millers and was an agent in Blanchetown.

  • He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1871.[2]
  • He was a trustee of the Savings Bank of South Australia.[3]
  • and a director of the National Bank of Australasia, from 1873 to 1893 (when the bank was liquidated),[4] much of this time as chairman.
  • He was a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce (including stints as chairman and vice-chairman).
  • He was Mayor of Adelaide 1875–1877.
  • He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly seat of North Adelaide in 1878 in a by-election forced by the resignation of Neville Blyth,[5] and retired with the dissolution of 1881.[6][7]

He died at his home "Keston" on Barton Terrace, North Adelaide, from heat apoplexy (heat stroke), on 17 February 1896.[8]

  1. ^ "Obituary". South Australian Register. 31 January 1874. p. 7. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "The New Commission of the Peace". South Australian Register. 26 May 1871. p. 5. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Trove.
  3. ^ No. 22 The Savings Bank Act – 1875, "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Savings Bank of South Australia". Assented to, 15 October 1875. p.101
  4. ^ "Banking". South Australian Register. 23 May 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Proceedings in Parliament". South Australian Register. 30 May 1879. p. 4. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Caleb Peacock". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Death of Mr. Caleb Peacock". Adelaide Observer. 22 February 1896. p. 16. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Trove.
  8. ^ Peacock, Caleb (1841–1896), Obituaries Australia, oa.anu.edu.au
    Original: [1], The Australasion Pastoralists' Review, 16 March 1896, p.51