Joseph Abbott (August 1843 – 15 June 1903)[1] was a wool-broker and politician in New South Wales.
[2][3] Abbott was an auctioneer of wool, chief auctioneer and a partner and managing director of Mort & Co. Ltd. Abbott was elected to the seat of Newtown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in a by-election in February 1888.
[2] George Henry Abbott (1867–1942), became a medical practitioner, lectured in clinical surgery at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 1911–27, was a founding fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons, and a councillor and later president of the New South Wales branch of the British Medical Association.
He was also a keen numismatist, sometime president of the Royal Australian Historical Society and fellow of the University of Sydney Senate.
Arthur Edgar Abbott (1876–1960), studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1900.