Frederick Sheppard Grimwade

Frederick Sheppard Grimwade (10 November 1840 – 4 August 1910) was a businessman and Victorian member of parliament.

Born in Norfolk, England, Grimwade arrived in Victoria in 1863.In 1867 he bought a pharmaceutical company and renamed it [http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/biogs/A001045b.htm Felton Grimwade & Co.] ; it soon became the largest in the colony, prospering well into the next century. Today some of Australia's largest public companies have a lineage going back to his family and businesses.

Grimwade represented North Yarra Province in the Legislative Council for thirteen years from 1891. He opposed gambling, workers' compensation, old-age pensions and the national harmonization of time zones, but passionately advocated the legalization of cremation.

His mansion, Harleston (1875), was later donated by his family to Melbourne Grammar School. [http://www.mgs.vic.edu.au/about/mgs_about_history_grim.php]

References

* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040343b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]

* Geoffrey Blainey, "Black Kettle & Full Moon: Daily Life in a Vanished Australia", Penguin Books Australia Ltd., Vic., 2004.