Alfred Meeks

Sir Alfred William Meeks KBE (15 April 1849 – 6 March 1932) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born at Cheltenham to shoemaker William Meeks and Maria Healing.

He migrated to Melbourne at the age of five with his family, and attended St James Grammar School.

In 1878 he was appointed a departmental manager for Gibbs, Bright & Co., and he opened branches in Adelaide and Sydney, where he became resident partner in 1888.

He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1920, and remained in the Council until his death at Darling Point in 1932.