Arthur Ware

Arthur Wellington Ware CMG (1861 – 29 January 1927) was a brewer and Mayor of Adelaide from 1898 to 1901 and a publican in both South Australia and Queensland.

After leaving school he was apprenticed to the locomotive department of the South Australian Railways, but left the service to work in Harrold Brothers' hardware store, where he met with a serious accident, and was forced to resign.

[5] When W. Piper secured the lease of the Exchange Hotel, Ware agreed to remain with him a year, and it was on the expiration of that period that he retired from business.

Although prevented by his leg injury from active participation, he was a liberal patron of nearly every sport; racing, cricket, footbaii, coursing, rifle shooting, and lacrosse.

[6] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) on 15 May 1901, in preparation for the forthcoming royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary)[15] He married Rosa Henrietta Haussen (2 November 1860 – 29 November 1915)[16] daughter of Henry Haussen and adopted daughter of Frederick Estcourt Bucknall on 11 March 1884[17] He died at a private hospital in Wondai, Queensland a week after being admitted.