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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Alexander Campbell Begg

Mr. Alexander Campbell Begg , J.P., Member of the Otago Harbour Board, was born in 1839 in the parish of Liberton, near Edinburgh. Educated at the Edinburgh High School, he entered an insurance office. On completing his course of study, and after serving two or three years, he came out to New Zealand in 1859 by the ship “Alpine,” landing at Port Chalmers. For three years prior to the opening up of the Otago Goldfields, Mr. Begg was in the office of Messrs. Young and McGlashan, merchants; he then commenced farming at Clutha, remaining on the property four years. The original land, purchased at this time, now forms part of his station known as “Williamburn.” Returning to Dunedin in 1866. Mr. Begg became manager for a pastoral firm, Messrs. Dougtas, Alderson and Co., and in 1870 established his present business. For many years Mr. Begg has been prominent as a citizen, and has done a great deal more than his share in relation to local governing bodies. In Roslyn, he filled the civic chair for eight years consecutively, and still holds a seat on the Council; for nine years he was a member of the Otago Education Board, and at the time of writing is a member of the Harbour Board, Charitable Aid Board, and the Dunedin Licensing Committee; of the Otago Acclimatisation Society he is president, and had previously filled the office of vice-president for fifteen years. A member of the Prebyterian Church, Mr. Begg has a seat on the Board of Property, and is convener of the finance committee of the Synod of the Church of Otago and Southland. He is an ardent prohibitionist, and a member of the local Prohibition Council. In 1869 he was a candidate for the House of Representatives for Dunedin City, but was defeated. Mr. Begg was married in 1867 to a daughter of Mr. Peter Clarke, of Mossfield, Clinton, and has five sons and three daughters.

Mr. A. C. Begg.

Mr. A. C. Begg.