Nationality Australian Religion Anglicanism | Name Frederic Urquhart Died 1935, Brisbane, Australia | |
Born 27 October 1858
St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England ( 1858-10-27 ) | ||
Frederic Charles Urquhart (27 October 1858 – 2 December 1935) was a Queensland Police Commissioner and Administrator of the Northern Territory in Australia.
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Early life
Frederic Charles Urquhart was born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England.
He was educated at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire. He served as a midshipman in the Royal Navy before migrating to Queensland in 1875, where he worked in the sugar and cattle industries.
Public service career
In 1878 Urquhart became a telegraph linesman at Normanton, Queensland.
He joined the Queensland Police in 1889 and rose to the rank of Inspector in the Criminal Investigation Branch and then to Chief Inspector. On 1 January 1917 he was appointed as the 4th Queensland Police Commissioner, a position he held until 16 January 1921.
In 1921 he was appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory.
Later life
After retiring as administrator in 1926, Urquhart settled in Brisbane. He died at St Helen's Private Hospital on 2 December 1935 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.