Robert Abbott (New South Wales politician)

Robert Palmer Abbott (1830 – 31 October 1901) was born in Ireland, and came to Sydney when a boy with his parents. He was admitted a solicitor in 1854. Abbott entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1872 as member for Tenterfield, and was returned for Hartley in 1880. He was nominated to the Legislative Council in 1885, and sat till 1 March 1888, when he resigned, owing to his objection to certain appointments. He was Secretary for Mines in the first Parkes Administration from 27 July 1874, to 8 February 1875, and a member of the New South Wales Commission in London for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886.[1][2][3][4]

References

1. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Abbott, Robert Palmer" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
2. Nairn, Bede. "Abbott, Robert Palmer (1830–1901)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 10 April 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
3. "Mr Robert Palmer Abbott (1830-1901)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
4. "Borough of East St Leonards". New South Wales Government Gazette (60). New South Wales, Australia. 19 February 1878. p. 780. Retrieved 10 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Colin Fraser	Member for Tenterfield 1872–1877	Succeeded by John Dillon
Preceded by John Hurley	Member for Hartley 1880–1882	Succeeded by Walter Targett
Civic offices
Preceded by James Taylor	Mayor of East St Leonards 1878–1879	Succeeded by George Matcham Pitt