John Watt (politician)
John Brown Watt | |
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| Member of Legislative Council of New South Wales | |
| In office 11 September 1861 – 20 April 1867 | |
| In office 11 September 1874 – 22 March 1890 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1826 |
| Died | 28 September 1897 (aged 71) |
| Party | Free Trade Party |
| Children | Oswald Watt |
| Relatives | George Holden (father-in-law) Susan Rankine (née Watt) (granddaughter) |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
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John Brown Watt, MLC (16 May 1826 – 28 September 1897) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in Sydney, and he was a board member of the Imperial Federation League in London. He was the founder of the Hospital for Sick Children, Glebe, and a director of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and a director of the Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary, and a director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, and a director of the Union Bank of Australia (now the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited).