Frederick Thomas Sargood
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Sir Frederick Sargood KCMG |
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| Senator for Victoria | |
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In office 29 March 1901 – 2 January 1903 |
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| Succeeded by | Robert Reid |
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30 May 1834 Walworth, London, England |
| Died | 2 January 1903 (aged 68) Taihape, New Zealand |
| Nationality | English Australian |
| Political party | Free Trade Party |
| Spouse(s) | Marian Australia Rolfe |
| Relations | F. J. Sargood (father) |
| Occupation | Clerk, soldier |
Sir Frederick Thomas Sargood KCMG (30 May 1834 – 2 January 1903) was an Australian politician, Minister of Defence and Education in the Government of Victoria 1890–1892 and Senator in the Australian Senate 1901–03.
Sargood was born in Walworth, London, the eldest child of Frederick James Sargood (later a member of the old Victorian Legislative Council), and Emma, daughter of Thomas Rippon, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England. F. T. Sargood was educated at private schools and arrived with his family aboard the Clifton in Melbourne on 12 February 1850. He initially worked as a clerk in the Public Works Department, but in 1851 joined his father's softgoods business,Sargood, King & Co., and in 1859 became a junior partner in it. In the same year he joined the Victorian volunteer artillery as a private and eventually reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He also took an interest in rifle shooting. In 1858 Sargood married Marian Australia, daughter of George Rolfe, later a politician.
In May 1874 Sargood entered the Victorian Legislative Council by winning a by-election for Central Province, and in 1875 he became the first chairman of the Melbourne Harbour Trust. Sargood was a commissioner of savings banks in 1874-80. Sargood's wife Marian died in childbirth on 6 January 1880, he resigned from the council and visited England later the same year with his nine children. Sargood was appointed a delegate by the Victorian government to represent the colony before the Imperial Commission for the protection of British possessions abroad. Sargood married Julia Tomlin on 2 December 1880 on the Isle of Wight and returned to Melbourne in 1882.
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