William Pigott

For the Montana Supreme Court judge, see William Trigg Pigott.

William Hilson Pigott (10 March 1839 – 13 March 1909) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in London to cabinet maker John Allpress Pigott and Margaret Hilson. His family moved to New South Wales in 1841 and Pigott became a solicitor's clerk, qualifying as a solicitor in 1863. In 1863 he married Laura Jane West, with whom he had two sons; a second marriage in 1883 to Louisa Matilda Jones produced a daughter. He practised as a solicitor in Grafton until joining a Sydney firm in 1864.^[1] A long-serving Petersham alderman, he was the first mayor from 1872 to 1880.^[2] In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Canterbury, serving until his resignation in 1884,^[1] due to ill health. He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1887, serving until 1907.^[3] He was president of the Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales from 1892 until 1908.^[2]

Pigott died at Croydon in 1909 (aged 70).^[1][2]