Frederick Spicer

He practised in St. Kilda, Victoria for a while before moving to South Australia in 1862[1] to take a position of House Surgeon with the Adelaide Hospital.

[3] He was appointed in 1867 to a panel of enquiry into the operation of the Hospital, which, over the objections of the Colonial Surgeon, Robert Waters Moore MRCS (1820–1884), recommended sweeping reforms.

[4] He returned to England around 1871, died at Tufnell Park and is buried in a family vault in Highgate Cemetery (west side).

[5] He was elected a member for The Sturt in the South Australian House of Assembly in February 1870 following the resignation of Richard Bullock Andrews who had accepted the post of Crown Solicitor and Public Prosecutor.

He emigrated to South Australia on the Winchester, arriving in June 1838; fellow passengers included T. G. Waterhouse's brothers Henry and John.