Frederick Thomas Sargood
Sir Frederick Thomas Sargood KCMG was an Australian politician, Minister of Defence and Education in the Government of Victoria 18901892 and Senator in the Australian Senate 190103.
Sargood was born in Walworth, London, the eldest child of Frederick James Sargood , 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 onFebruary 1850. He initially worked as a clerk in the Public Works Department, but in 1851 joined his fathers softgoods business,Sargood, King amp 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 lieutenantcolonel. He also took an interest in rifle shooting. In 1858 Sargood married Marian Australia, daughter of George Rolfe, later a politician.
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