Joseph Palmer Abbott
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 29 November 1880 – 11 June 1901 |
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| Born |
9 September 1842 Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Died | 15 September 1901 (aged 59) Turramurra, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda Elizabeth Macartney (married 1873-1880) Edith Solomon (married 1883-1901) |
| Parents | John Kingsmill Abbott Frances Amanda Brady |
| Occupation | Politician |
Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott, KCMG (29 September 1842 – 15 September 1901) was an Australian politician and solicitor.
Joseph Palmer Abbott was born on 29 September 1842 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, to John Kingsmill Abbott, a squatter, and his wife Frances Amanda, née Brady. Abbott was educated at the Church of England school at Muswellbrook, moving to John Armstrong's school at Redfern at 9 years of age, then to J. R. Huston's Surry Hills Academy and finally to The King's School, Parramatta.
Upon completion of his education in 1857, he returned to the family station "Glengarry", near Wingen in the upper Hunter Region, where his mother had gone from Muswellbrook in 1847 upon the death of his father.
Abbott was admitted as a solicitor in 1865, and practiced law in Murrurundi, specialising in land cases. He was appointed a commissioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, for the district of Maitland.
Founding a firm, Abbott & Allan in Sydney, Abbott established himself as an expert in property and land law.
He was a director, and later chairman, of the Australian Mutual Provident Society.
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