William Froggatt Walker (c.1841 , quotes aged 48 – 23 January 1890), commonly referred to as (Hon.) W. Froggatt Walker, was a politician in colonial

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. Walker was born in

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, England and arrived in Victoria in 1857 where he engaged successfully in commercial pursuits. He entered the

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as member for

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in May 1880, but only held the seat until June 1880. He then was elected to the seat of

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in a by-election in April 1882, and on the formation of the

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Ministry, in February 1886, accepted the post of Commissioner of Trade and Customs, and was sworn of the Executive Council. Walker resigned as Commissioner in February 1889, and proceeded to Europe to act as executive commissioner for Victoria at the Paris International Exhibition of 1889, for his services in connection with which he was created an officer of the

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. He died in Eastbourne, Sussex, England on 23 January 1890. His son Edgar W. Walker married Muriel Bevan, daughter of Rev. L. D. Bevan, on 3 December 1901.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, William Froggatt Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1841 births 1890 deaths Officers of the Legion of Honour People from Morpeth, Northumberland English emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians People from Eastbourne