S. J. Jacobs
Samuel Joshua Jacobs (28 March 1853 – 4 January 1937), generally known as S. J. Jacobs, was a South Australian lawyer, businessman and sportsman, remembered as the longtime managing director of the South Australian Brewing Company. History. S. J. Jacobs was born in Adelaide to Elizabeth and Charles Jacobs, founder of Charles Jacobs & Son, Adelaide merchants. He was educated at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution and Geelong College under Dr. George Morrison. He studied law at Melbourne University and in 1876 was admitted as an attorney and solicitor in Victoria and South Australia. He served his  articles with the Queen Street, Melbourne law firm of Malleson, England, and Stewart, then from 1878 to 1884 practised in partnership with W. F Stock as Stock & Jacobs of Temple Chambers, Currie Street, Adelaide. In 1884 he was admitted as a partner in his father's business as Charles Jacobs & Sons, which had lately specialised in importing sugar from Mauritius, and for whom his strong legal background was a decided advantage. He became head of the firm and head of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce. He was also a welcome addition to other boards, notably the S.A. Brewing Company from  1888 and Timor Development Company, a coffee producer. He was also a local director of the Sun Fire Office, and the Great Boulder Proprietary gold mining company. He was managing director of Castle Salt from its foundation in 1890 until its liquidation in January 1931, and became M.D. of the Australian Salt Company which took over its assets. He was chairman of directors of S.A. Brewing in 1902 and some time before 1912 appointed managing director. Family. Samuel Joshua Jacobs, son of Charles and Elizabeth Jacobs, married Caroline Ellis on 3 December 1878. She was a daughter of Louis Ellis , sheriff of Central Bailiwick, Melbourne and I. Jacobs. Their children included: They lived at "Lyndhurst", South Terrace, Adelaide around 1904, then "Brackendene", 5 Maturin Road, Glenelg.