What is Frederick Pottinger?
{{Infobox_Person | name = Sir Frederick Pottinger | residence = | other_names = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date =April 27, 1831 | birth_place =[[India]] | death_date =April 9, 1865 | death_place =[[Randwick, New South Wales]] | death_cause =[[Accidentally shot himself]] | known = | title =2nd Baronet Pottinger | salary = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = | weight = }} '''Sir Frederick William Pottinger, 2nd Baronet''' (1831–1865), [[police]] [[inspector]], was born on April 27, 1831, in [[India]]. He became famous for leading the [[New South Wales]] police in their hunt for the [[bushranger]]s [[Ben Hall]], [[John Gilbert (bushranger)|John Gilbert]], [[Frank Gardiner]] and [[John Dunn]]. ==Early life== He was the son of [[Lieutenant-General]] Sir [[Henry Eldred Curwen Pottinger|Henry Pottinger]] of the [[British East India Company]], and his wife Susanna Maria, née Cooke, of [[Dublin]]. Henry Pottinger was the first [[Governor]] of [[Hong Kong]]. Frederick went to [[Eton College|Eton]] from 1844 to 1847. Between 1850 and 1854, Pottinger was an officer in the [[Grenadier Guards]] in [[England]]. He lost a lot of his mother's money [[gambling]] on horse races. In 1856 he took the place of his father as [[second baronet]]. He soon gambled away all his money. He owed people a lot of money. ==Policeman== He went to [[Australia]] to search for gold. He joined the [[New South Wales]] police force as a mounted trooper. He was an excellent horse rider and spent the next few years working on the gold escort between [[Gundagai, New South Wales|Gundagai]] and [[Goulburn, New South Wales|Goulburn]]. Pottinger kept his title secret but in 1860 the inspector-general of police, [[John McLerie]], found out. He was quickly given better jobs. In November he became clerk of [[petty session]]s at [[Dubbo, New South Wales|Dubbo]] and on October 1, 1861