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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Australian politician
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Male
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Birth:
17 October 1875(Brunswick)
Death:
12 November 1954
The details
Biography
Introduction
Sir Frederic William Eggleston was a lawyer, politician, diplomat, writer and controversialist, born in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia on 17 October 1875.
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 founded a group known as the 'Boobooks' with him.
Frederic Eggleston was appointed Australia's first Ambassador to China in 1941.
Later life
He died in 1954.