William Hillier Holborow (23 December 1841 - 10 July 1917) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Sydney to linen draper Daniel Holborow and his wife Mary. He was educated privately and became a storekeeper at Richmond. On 27 July 1864 he married Amelia Town; they had ten children. He formed the Richmond Volunteer Rifles as a lieutenant in 1870, becoming a captain in 1871, a lieutenant colonel in 1881 and a colonel in 1896.
An inaugural Richmond alderman from 1872,[1] he was mayor from 1874,[2] to 1875. He was again elected mayor in 1878,[3] 1879,[4] and 1880.[5]
In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Argyle. A Free Trader, he held his seat until his retirement in 1894. He was one of the commissioners for New South Wales for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1888.[6] In 1899 he was appointed to the Legislative Council, where he remained until his death. He did not hold ministerial or parliamentary office.
Holborow died at Croydon on .[7] [8]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1896, and awarded a Volunteer Officers' Decoration in 1895.[7] [9]