William Pitt Faithfull (11 October 1806 – 24 April 1896) was an Australian politician and pastoralist.

Early life

William was born at

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to pioneer settler William Faithfull and Susannah Pitt. He attended school until the age of fifteen, when he left to work on pastoral properties. He was granted land on the Goulburn Plains in 1827 and ran a large sheep stud; he also bred sheep at

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in the 1840s. On 20 January 1844 he married Mary Deane, with whom he had eight children.

Political life

Faithful was a member of the

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from 1846 to 1848, and again from 1856 to 1861.

Death

Faithfull died at Springfield on the Goulburn Plains in 1896.

References

1806 births 1896 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Colony of New South Wales politicians {{Authority control