Frederick Sheppard Grimwade

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

In 1867 he bought a pharmaceutical company and renamed it Felton Grimwade & Co.,[2] which soon became the largest in the colony, prospering well into the next century.

He opposed gambling, workers' compensation, old-age pensions and the national harmonization of time zones, but he passionately and successfully advocated for the legalization of cremation.

[4] His mansion, "Harleston" (1875), was later donated by his family to Melbourne Grammar School and renamed Grimwade House.

[5] His country retreat at Somers on the Mornington Peninsula, "Coolart", eventually became a public wetlands reserve.