John Scott (Queensland politician)
John Scott (20 June 1821 – 2 July 1898) was a grazier, company director and politician in colonial Queensland. Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of John Scott and his wife Marion Purves. John Scott "junior's" wife was Agnes Thomson who died in July 1892. Business life. Scott was educated at St Andrew's University and Edinburgh University, where he studied medicine. He arrived in New South Wales in 1843. For a time he was a squatter in Goulburn, New South Wales. Between 1851 and 1852 he was in the United Kingdom. He went  to Queensland in 1855. He stocked Palm-Tree Creek, Dawson which he sold in 1865 but acquired further stations. Scott was a director of City Mutual Life Assurance Society and vice president of The Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland. Scott was a trustee of Brisbane Grammar School from 1874 to 1888 and Honorary Treasurer from 1877 to 1886. Political career. Scott was both a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and the Queensland Legislative Council in a political career lasting from 1868 till 1890. He was Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly, 15 November 1871  to 1 September 1873 and 21 January 1879 to 26 July 1883. Scott died at "Lucerne", Milton, Brisbane, Queensland in 1898 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery. Family. John Scott and his wife Agnes had five children: See also. Political families of Australia: "Wentworth/Hill/Griffiths/Scott/Cooper family"