Claudius Buchanan Whish was a prominent Queensland sugarplanter, civil servant and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Whish was born in London, the son of General Sir William Whish, Royal Artillery, and his wife Mary, ne Hardwicke. In 1851, Whish served in India under the 14th Light Dragoons as an interpreter and bazaar master, officer of public works and assistant quartermaster general of cavalry on General Jacobs staff during the Persian campaign of 1856.
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