Frederick Winchcombe

Frederick Earle Winchcombe (1855–1917) was an Australian businessman and member of the New South Wales Parliament.

His parents were John Phillimore Winchcombe, a quarryman who immigrated from Wales, and Julia Sophia Earle.

He was three times president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce (1907–08, 1909–10, 1914–15), a director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, Atlas Assurance Co. Ltd and James Martin & Co. Ltd, and chairman of Ruthven Ltd, a Queensland pastoral company.

[1][3] He married Annie Amelia Henson (died 1952) at Christ Church St Laurence on 25 September 1878.

[1] His grandchildren included barrister John Winchcombe Bavin, educationalist Nancy Milner-Gulland and writer and theatrical producer Ian Bevan.

Frederick Winchcombe