Augustine Stow

Augustine Stow
JP
24th Chief Secretary of South Australia
In office
12 May 1870 – 30 May 1870
PremierHenry Strangways
Preceded byJohn Bagot
Succeeded byWilliam Milne
Personal details
Born(1833-08-03)3 August 1833
Halstead, Essex, United Kingdom
Died29 May 1903(1903-05-29) (aged 69)
Unley, South Australia
Spouse
Elizabeth Augusta Frew
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(m. 1867)​

Augustine Stow, J.P., (3 August 1833 – 29 May 1903)[1] was a politician in colonial South Australia, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for West Torrens from November 1862 to 1864, and for Flinders from October 1866 to 1868.[2][3]

Stow was born in Halstead, Essex, England, the son of the Rev. Thomas Quentin Stow and his wife Elizabeth, née Eppes; Augustine was the brother of Randolph Isham Stow and Jefferson Pickman Stow.[1] The family arrived in South Australia in the Hartley in 1837.[1] He married Elizabeth Augusta Frew on 10 September 1867.[1] On 19 March 1869, Stow was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council (in the days when all members were voted in by the whole colony, "The Province"),[4][3] resigning in September 1871.[2] Stow was Chief Secretary in Henry Strangways' Ministry for 18 days in May 1870.[3] In 1877 he entered the Government service, and in April 1884 was appointed Registrar of Probates, and Chief Clerk in the Supreme Court. He was also Commissioner of Inland Revenue without salary.[2]

Stow was a member of the board of governors of the Art Gallery, Public Library and Museum. Stow died on 29 May 1903 at Unley, Adelaide, South Australia.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Ross, D. Bruce. "Stow, Augustine (1833–1903)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Mennell, Philip (1892). "Stow, Augustine" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ a b c "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 to 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Augustine Stow". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 December 2022.