Background
Tout was born in Calabash near Young, New South Wales, the son of Samuel Tout, grazier, and Sarah née Kelly.
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Frederick Tout
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Education
He attended Fort Street Model School and Newington College (1886–1890) where he was Captain of Rugby Union.
Career
He was president of the Bank of New South Wales. He practised as a solicitor in Sydney and Boorowa, New South Wales, until 1907. After taking over a part of his father"s property he became a successful farmer, grazier and breeder of Aberdeen Angus.
Tout was active in a broad range of rural and local activities and from the 1930s he became a force in conservative State politics. in 1932 he attended the Imperial Economic Conference, Ottawa, and in 1933 became president of the Australian Economic Advisory Council.
In business he served as a director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, Goldsbrough Mort & Company, the Graziers" Company-operative Shearing Company Limited, Associated Newspapers Limited, Expeditionary Films (1933) Limited, the McGarvie Smith Institute and the Commercial Union Assurance Company.
From 1945 until 1950 he was president of the Bank of New South Wales.
Achievements
Membership
He was a member of the Burrangong Shire Council from 1911 until 1924 and again from 1936 until 1937. From 1932 until 1946 he was a member of the NSW Upper House.
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July 4, 1950 (aged 77)