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]

References

1. 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.

 

Parliament of New South Wales
Political offices
Preceded by Francis Suttor	Postmaster-General 1881 – 1882	Succeeded by Alexander Campbell
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Thomas Holt	Member for Newtown 1864 – 1881 Served alongside: none/William Foster	Succeeded by Joseph Mitchell