Frederick Claud Sturrock (1882–1958) was a South African politician. Born in

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, he went to South Africa in 1907. He founded a mining material business, which exists today as the Sturrock and Robson Group. He was

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from 1936 until 1938, when he and Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr resigned in protest against

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's appointment of Adriaan Paulus Johannes Fourie to the Senate as a senator representing the native population.{{Cite book , last=Smuts , first=J. C. , title=Jan Christian Smuts , publisher=Cassel & Company Ltd , year=1952 , location=London , pages=371-372 He then served as minister of transport in Jan Christian Smuts' government from 1939 to 1948. In 1948, he served as

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for a short period. Sturrock Dry Dock in Cape Town is named after him.

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1882 births 1958 deaths People from Dundee Scottish emigrants to South Africa 20th-century South African businesspeople Members of the House of Assembly (South Africa)