| William Piddington | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
| Office: | Member of New South Wales Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 17 July 1894 |
| Term End: | 27 September 1900 |
| Predecessor: | Inaugural |
| Successor: | Michael MacMahon |
| Constituency: | Electoral district of Uralla-Walcha |
| Birth Date: | 1856 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Brisbane, Colony of New South Wales |
| Death Place: | Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Party: | Independent Free Trade Free Trade Protectionist |
| Relations: | Brother Albert Piddington |
| Spouse: | Florence Louise (née Bennett) 1881 |
| Children: | Five children |
| Occupation: | Banker |
| Education: | Newington College |
William Henry Burgess Piddington (24 April 1856 – 27 September 1900) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for six years.[1]
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.[2] 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. Albert Piddington was a younger brother, and Ralph Piddington was his nephew.[3]
In 1872, Piddington commenced working for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney and he was the branch manager in Walcha, New South Wales,[1] when he won the local Legislative Assembly seat in 1894. He resigned from the Legislative Assembly on 23 May 1900 and was made bankrupt on his own petition 2 days later.[4] He retained the seat at the resulting by-election.[5]
He died from apoplexy while still a member of parliament and was survived by his wife and five children.