Stephen Campbell Brown

For similarly named people, see Stephen Brown (disambiguation).

Stephen Campbell Brown (21 October 1829 – 16 October 1882) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Sydney to merchant John Brown and Frances Helen Watson. He was a solicitor's clerk, qualifying as a solicitor in 1852. In 1860 he married Emma Booth Jones; a second marriage on 20 August 1870 was to Jane Garrett.[1]

In 1864 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Newtown, holding the seat without any serious challenges until 1881.[2] On 14 November 1881 he accepted as Postmaster-General in the third Parkes ministry and the following day resigned from the assembly to be appointed to the Legislative Council.[3] He became embroiled in a dispute with the Sydney newspapers about how much they were charged for telegrams and resigned as Postmaster-General on 22 August 1882.[1]

He died in Sydney on 16 October 1882(1882-10-16) (aged 52), survived by four children from his first marriage, his second wife Jane and three of their children.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Farrer, Vashti (1969). "Brown, Stephen Campbell (1829–1882)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr Stephen Campbell Brown (1829-1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.