Alexander Walker Scott
Politician
1800 – 1883
Who was Alexander Walker Scott?
Alexander Walker Scott was an Australian entomologist mainly interested in butterflies.
Scott was the son of Dr Helenus and Augusta Maria Scott. He was born in Bombay, India and was educated at Bath Grammar School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, receiving a BA in 1822 and an MA in 1825. Scott was elected to the new Legislative Assembly, representing Northumberland and Hunter from 1856 to 1859, Northumberland 1858 to 1859 and Lower Hunter from 1860 to 1861. He supported the secret ballot and franchise extension. In 1861 he was nominated to the Legislative Council for life, but he took no part in it and resigned in 1866.
A failed entrepreneur, he later became a prominent figure in the commercial establishment of the Newcastle region. He lived at Ash Island on the Hunter River with his wife, formerly Harriet Colcott, a seamstress, and his two daughters Harriet and Helena Scott, both born in Sydney.
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- Born
- Nov 10, 1800
Mumbai - Children
- Profession
- Lived in
- Mumbai
- Died
- Nov 1, 1883
Paddington
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on July 23, 2013
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