William Henry Piddington

For the member for Northumberland and Hunter & Hawkesbury, see William Piddington.

William Henry Burgess Piddington (24 April 1856 – 27 September 1900)^[1] was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for six years.^[2]

William Piddington MLA
Member of New South Wales Legislative Assembly
In office 17 July 1894 – 27 September 1900
Preceded by	Inaugural
Succeeded by	Michael MacMahon
Constituency	Electoral district of Uralla-Walcha
Personal details
Born	(1856-04-24)24 April 1856 Brisbane, Colony of New South Wales
Died	27 September 1900(1900-09-27) (aged 44) Ashfield, New South Wales
Political party	Independent Free Trade Free Trade Protectionist
Spouse	Florence Louise (née Bennett) 1881
Relations	Brother Albert Piddington
Children	Five children
Education	Newington College
Occupation	Banker

Birth and education

Piddington was born in Brisbane, Colony of New South Wales and educated there and Newington College while the school was situated at Newington House on the Parramatta River.^[3] He was the first son of London-born William Jones Killick Piddington and his Tasmanian wife Annie, née Burgess. William Snr was a Methodist minister who in later life became an Anglican.^[1] Albert Piddington was a younger brother,^[1] and Ralph Piddington was his nephew.^[4][5]

Banking and parliament

In 1872, Piddington commenced working for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney and he was the branch manager in Walcha, New South Wales,^[2] when he won the local Legislative Assembly seat in 1894.^[6] He resigned from the Legislative Assembly on 23 May 1900 and was made bankrupt on his own petition 2 days later.^[7] He retained the seat at the resulting by-election.^[6]

Death

He died from apoplexy while still a member of parliament and was survived by his wife and five children.^[1]