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William Benjamin Rounsevell (23 September 1843 – 18 July 1923), known as "Ben" or "Big Ben", was a politician in South Australia who served as Treasurer of South Australia four times between 1881 and 1893.〔 〕 His brother, John Rounsevell, was also a South Australian politician. ==Early life== Rounsevell was born in Pirie Street, Adelaide, son of William Rounsevell and his second wife Mary, ''née'' Palmer.〔 W. B. Rounsevell was educated at Whinham College, followed by St. Peter's College. He picked up the rudiments of bookkeeping and office work under William Kay in the offices of auctioneers Townsend, Bouting and Kay, then began working for his father's coach and mail business where his brother John was already employed. The two were called by the men "Master John" and "Master Ben". John was in charge of the roads north of Kapunda, while Ben had Yorke Peninsula and the southern routes. When the business was sold in 1868 to Cobb & Co., Ben retained a share in the company. One of his first business ventures, in conjunction with his half-brother John, was to supply tens of thousands of wooden sleepers for the new railway to Burra, South Australia. Rounsevell claimed to be the first to run a plough on Yorke's Peninsula, back in his father's stage-coach days, at Green's Plains. He was then also in charge of farming hay at Glenside, and elsewhere. Returning to South Australia after an extended stay in Britain, he began farming at his property, Corryton Park,〔 and was one of the first in the State to use superphosphate, with excellent results, though only on his garden. He often expressed regret that he hadn't used the chemical to increase his wheat yield. It remained for Professor Lowrie to prove its application to South Australian farming, though Jack Cudmore had used "super" on Yorke's Peninsula with excellent results.〔 〕 For a time he owned Moolooloo and Coxare (?) stations, stocked with cattle that he bred at Corryton. He bred his own bulls from pedigree Shorthorns and his own rams from stock be bought from the Murrays. In later years he concentrated on Jersey cattle he bought from Victoria then from A. J. Murray at Mount Crawford. He imported Lincoln sheep, Australia's first Indian Runner ducks, pheasants, partridges and hares.〔 Rounsevell purchased the wine and spirit business of Johnston, Furness and Blakeney, which he later sold to the South Australian Brewing Company which also took over the brewing businesses of W. K. Simms and Sir Edwin Smith. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben Rounsevell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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