William 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]
References
- ^ a b c "Mr William Hilson Pigott (1839-1909)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Death of Mr W H Pigott". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 March 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "Banquet to Mr.W. H. Pigott". The Evening News. 19 July 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via Trove.
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