Samuel Amess

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{distinguish|Samuel Ames}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Samuel Amess | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Photograph_of_Samuel_Amess,_Mayor_of_Melbourne.png | caption = | order = 25th Mayor of Melbourne | term_start = 1869 | term_end = 1870 | deputy = | predecessor = Thomas Moubray | successor = Thomas McPherson | birth_date = 1826 | birth_place = Newburgh, Fife | death_date = 2 July 1898 | death_place = Melbourne, Victoria | spouse = | party = }}

'''Samuel Amess''' (1826 – 2 July 1898<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9840792 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=4 July 1898 |accessdate=4 September 2011 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>) was Mayor of Melbourne from 1869–1870, after having joined the council in 1864.<ref name="ADB">Hone, J. Ann, [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/amess-samuel-2882/text4121 "Amess, Samuel (1826–1898)"], Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 3 September 2011</ref> Born in Newburgh, Fife in Scotland, Amess immigrated to Victoria in 1852, and after success on the goldfields established himself as a building contractor. Among several prominent projects, Amess' firm was involved in the building of the Kew Asylum, Old Treasury Building and Customs House,<ref name="ADB" /> and he personally funded the celebrations of the opening of the Melbourne Town Hall.<ref name="DOAA">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9840838 |title=Death of Alderman Amess |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=4 July 1898 |accessdate=4 September 2011 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> After his term as mayor ended in 1870, Amess remained heavily involved in public life until his death in 1898. <ref name="DOAA" />

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{{s-start}} {{succession box| title=Mayor of Melbourne| before=Thomas Moubray| after=Thomas McPherson| years=1869–1870| }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amess, Samuel}} Category:Mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne Category:1826 births Category:1898 deaths Category:People from Newburgh, Fife Category:19th-century mayors of places in Australia