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Abbott, Sir Joseph Palmer (1842–1901)

	Abbott, Sir Joseph Palmer (1842–1901)
Born	29 September, 1842 Muswellbrook , New South Wales , Australia
Died	15 September, 1901 (aged 58) Turramurra, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican
Related Entries [View as tree]	Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill (uncle)
Education*	Church of England school (Muswellbrook, NSW) (student, 1848-1850) J. R. Huston's Surry Hills Academy (Sydney) (student, 1851-1852) John Armstrong's school (Redfern, Sydney) (student, 1853-1854) King's School (Parramatta, Sydney) (student, 1855-1856)
Occupation*	solicitor (1865-1901) New South Wales, Australia free trade politician (1880-1887) New South Wales, Australia land reformer (1880-1901) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1880-1901) New South Wales, Australia company director (1886-1900) New South Wales, Australia opposition leader (1887-1887) New South Wales, Australia protectionist politician (1887-1901) New South Wales, Australia federationist (1889-1898) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1892) Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1895)
Clubs*	Union Club (Sydney) (member, ?-1901)
Key Events*	Federal conventions, 1890-98 (delegate)
Key Organisations*	Freemasons (member, 1864-1901) AMP Society (company director, 1886-1900) AMP Society (chair, 1891-1900)
Political Activism*	federationist (politician) free trader (politician, 1880-1887) protectionist (politician, 1887)
Properties*	Glengarry (NSW) (co-owner, 1857)
Workplaces*	Abbott & Allan (co-owner, 1880) Parliament of New South Wales (Leg. Assembly - member, 1880-1901) Parliament of New South Wales (Leg. Assembly - speaker, 1890-1900)

* Dates are approximate