Arthur Wellington Ware CMG (1861 – 29 January 1927) was a brewer and

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from 1898 to 1901 and a publican in both

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and

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History

Ware was born in

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, the eldest son of Fanny (née Crawford) (1829 – 7 April 1898) and Charles James Ware (ca.1824 – 19 December 1891), who ran the Burra Hotel. He came to Adelaide with his parents in 1868, when they took over the Exchange Hotel, then owned by Sir

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. He was educated at John L. Young's

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and at

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. After leaving school he was apprenticed to the locomotive department o£ the

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, but left the service to work in

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' hardware store, where he met with a serious accident, and was forced to resign. On his recovery he helped his mother manage the Exchange Hotel. He and his brother Tom Ware, as A. W. & T. L. Ware & Co., founded the Torrensside Brewery, which absorbed the East Adelaide Brewery, then was amalgamated with the

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, which the brothers managed successfully, with the Torrensside site later becoming

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. 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. In the early 1890s he was elected to the Gawler Ward of the Adelaide City Council and served two years, and after a break returned as an alderman. He was mayor during the South African war, when he organised various patriotic efforts, and for the Royal visit, when he officiated at various ceremonies. In April 1902, he and Mrs. Ware left for London to witness the Coronation and for a tour of Europe. While in London, he had a medical operation to relieve the leg injury which had caused him incapacity for so many years. In 1909 Ware left Adelaide for Queensland, where he purchased "Brookstead" station, near Wondai, which he sold by subdivision in 1912. In 1913 he stood, unsuccessfully, for a position on the Maryborough council, but was elected president of the Maryborough Licensed Victuallers' Association later that same year. He was subsequently granted the licence for the Royal Hotel, which licence he transferred to Andrew Kneath in May 1915. In 1914 the Pacific Hotel in

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. His wife died on 29 November 1915, and he remained there, managing the hotel until around May 1916. By 1919 he had returned to

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. He moved to

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in 1925, where he acted as manager of the Wondai Hotel until his death.

Other interests

He also entered wholeheartedly into the sporting life of Adelaide. 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. He served as chairman of the committee of Tattersalls Racing Club for three years, and was for many years an executive officer of that, and the

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. Both clubs made him a life member in appreciation of his services.

Recognition

He was appointed a

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(CMG) 15 May 1901, in preparation of the forthcoming royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later

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and Queen Mary)

Family

He married Rosa Henrietta Haussen (2 November 1860 – 29 November 1915) daughter of Henry Haussen and adopted daughter of

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on 11 March 1884 He died at a private hospital in

a week after being admitted. He had been suffering ill-health for some time. They had four daughters: (Vera) March Ware (Mrs. George Isbister Mowat), Fanny Filmer Ware (Mrs. Williford Hood) of Queensland, Daphne Haussen Claxton Ware ( –1928) (Mrs Howard Brougham Claxton) of Cadell, South Australia, and Madeline Rosa Ware (Mrs William Jorgensen) of Adelaide, and two sons Thomas Sefton "Tom" Ware MC, with Dalgety & Company, Brisbane, and Charles James Ware, with Adelaide's

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. (Charles) Boxer Ware ( – 23 July 1932), chairman of directors

and mayor of Thebarton; and George J. Ware of Adelaide, were brothers, and ran the Exchange Hotel.

References

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The Mayor of Adelaide – Mr A. W. Ware
''Quiz'', 14 March 1901, p. 4
The Mayor of Adelaide, Mr. Arthur W. Ware, C.M.G.
''Quiz'', 10 July 1901, p. 22 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ware, Arthur Wellington Mayors and Lord Mayors of Adelaide Australian hoteliers 1861 births 1927 deaths People from Burra, South Australia