Frederic Urquhart

Who was Frederic Urquhart?

Frederic Charles Urquhart was an Police Commissioner and administrator in Australia. He was born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England.

He served as a midshipman in the Royal Navy before migrating to Queensland in 1875, where he worked in the sugar and cattle industries, and became a telegraph linesman at Normanton, Queensland in 1878.

Urquhart joined the Queensland Police in 1889 and rose to the rank of Inspector in the Criminal Investigation Branch and then to Chief Inspector. In 1921 he was appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory. 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.