| 词条 | John Watt (politician) |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = John Brown Watt | honorific-suffix = MLC | image = JBWatt.png | image_size = 280 | alt = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_date = {{birth date|1826|5|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1897|9|28|1826|5|26|df=y}} | death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_cause = | monuments = | residence = | other_names = | citizenship = {{AUS}} | education = | alma_mater = University of Edinburgh | party = | spouse = | partner = | children = {{unbulleted list|Oswald Watt, OBE}} | mother = Elizabeth née Jesson | father = Alexander Hamilton Watt | relatives = Street family | office = Member of Legislative Council of New South Wales | term_start = {{start date|1861|9|11|df=y}} | term_end = {{end date|1867|04|20|df=y}} | term_start1 = {{start date|1874|9|11|df=y}} | term_end1 = {{end date|1890|3|22|df=y}} }}John Brown Watt, {{small|MLC}} (16 May 1826 – 28 September 1897) was a Scottish-born Australian politician and businessman. Watt was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1861 and 1866, before leaving to become a board member of the Imperial Federation League in the United Kingdom. He was re-elected to the Legislative Council in 1874 and served thereafter until 1890.[1] Outside of politics, he was very much invested in public health. Among other public health ventures, he was a founder of the Hospital for Sick Children, Glebe (now the Royal Alexandria Hospital for Children); director of the Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary between 1869 and 1873; and director of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.[2] Early lifeWatt was born in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland, the eldest son of Alexander Hamilton Watt and his wife Margaret, née Gilchrist.[1] His father was related to James Watt, inventor of the steam-engine and namesake of the Watt energy metric.[3] Watt was educated at the University of Edinburgh, matriculating in 1840; he emigrated to Sydney via the Benares on 6 December 1842.[1] Political careerWatt was appointed a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in September 1861,[4] but resigned on leaving for England in March 1866.[5] He was reappointed in October 1874. In 1877 he presented the sum of £1000 to the University of Sydney to found an exhibition for students from primary schools. He presided over the Royal Commission on Military Defences of 1881. Later, he was a Commissioner for New South Wales at the International Exhibitions of Philadelphia (1876), Paris (1878), Sydney (1879), Amsterdam (1883) and at Calcutta (1883–84). In 1884, Watt was invited to the United Kingdom to serve on the Executive Committee of the Imperial Federation League.[6] In April 1890 his seat in the Legislative Council became vacant owing to prolonged absence in England.[5] Further detailsWatt died in Bournemouth, Dorset on 28 September 1897.[1] He was survived by three of his five sons and five daughters, the youngest son was Oswald Watt, a celebrated aviator. Another son, Ernest Watt, became the father-in-law of Sir Laurence Whistler Street when he married Ernest's daughter Susan Gai Watt, herself the first female chair of the Eastern Sydney Health Service (now amalgamated with Illawarra).[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=G. P. |last=Walsh |title=Watt, John Brown (1826–1897) |id2=watt-john-brown-1008 |accessdate=23 October 2013}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Watt, John Brown}}2. ^E. A. S. Watt, A Few Records of the Life of John Brown Watt (Syd, priv print, nd) 3. ^Carnegie, Andrew. James Watt. The Minerva Group, Inc. p. 215. {{ISBN|9780898755787}}. 4. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/1b18306b8206ca0eca256e7b0010d8e0 |title = Mr John Brown WATT (1826 - 1897) |publisher = Parliament of New South Wales |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194356/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/1b18306b8206ca0eca256e7b0010d8e0 |archivedate = 29 October 2013 |df = dmy-all}} 5. ^1 {{cite Australasia|Watt, John Brown}} 6. ^E. Digby, Australian Men of Mark, vol 1 (Syd, 1889) 6 : 1826 births|1897 deaths|Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council|19th-century Australian politicians|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Scottish emigrants to Australia |
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