Frederic Charles Urquhart
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Appointed: 17 January 1921 to 1 March 1927
Date of birth: 27 October 1858
Place of birth: St Leonard's-on-Sea, Sussex, England
Parents: Major Frederic Day Urquhart (Royal Artillery) and Charlotte (née Goldie)
Education
- All Saint's School
- Felstead School (military)
Spouse: Annette (née Atkinson) married - 7 November 1891
Children: 1 daughter, 2 sons
Employment history
- 1875 to 1878 - Drover and book-keeper in outback Queensland
- 1878 to 1882 - Telegraph linesman Normanton
- 1882 - Cadet Sub-Inspector Queensland Native Mounted Police Force
- 1882 to 1889 - Sub-Inspector in charge of the Gulf, Cape York Torres Strait Districts
- 1889 to 1896 - Queensland Police
- 1896 to 1905 - Inspector Second Class Brisbane
- 1898 - Officer in Charge Criminal Investigation Branch
- 1905 to 1917 - Chief Inspector
- 1917 to 1921 - Commissioner of Police Queensland
- Military Service: Midshipman on Wigram's clipper ships
- 1921 - Appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory
- 1926 - Retired upon the expiration of his term
Subsequent career
- Settled in Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Memorials
- Urquhart Street, Parap
- Camp Canzonettes (1891)
- Blood Stains (1919)
- The Northern Territory
- The Australian Quarterly No.4 (1929)