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词条 Frederic Eggleston
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Later life

  4. References

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Sir Frederic William Eggleston (17 October 1875 – 12 November 1954) was an Australian lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer.

Early life

The eldest son of lawyer John Waterhouse Eggleston and his wife, Emily, his grandfather was the Methodist minister Rev. John Eggleston. His maternal grandparents were also Methodists. His mother died early in his life in 1884 and his father married Ada Crouch in 1887.

Career

Eggleston was good mates with John Latham and in 1902 founded a group known as the 'Boobooks' with him.[1] Eggleston was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Member for St Kilda in 1920 and was appointed Attorney-General of Victoria and Solicitor-General of Victoria (1924{{spaced ndash}}1927) in the government of John Allan.[2]

Frederic Eggleston was appointed Australia's first Ambassador to China in 1941. For his role as Chairman of the Commonwealth Grants Commission, in the 1941 King's Birthday honours he was made a Knight Bachelor.[3]

Later life

He died in 1954.[4]

References

1. ^{{cite AuDB |first=Stuart |last=Macintyre id2=latham-sir-john-greig-7104 |title=Latham, Sir John Greig (1877 - 1964)]}}
2. ^{{cite re-member |num2=1188 |name=Sir Frederic William Eggleston |accessdate=12 February 2019}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Mr Frederick William EGGLESTON |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083466 |website=It's an Honour database|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=17 June 2017|date=12 June 1941|quote=Chairman - Commonwealth Grants Commission}}
4. ^{{cite AuDB |first=Warren |last=Osmond |id2=eggleston-sir-frederic-william-344 |title=Eggleston, Sir Frederic William (1875 - 1954)}}

 

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