Holford Highlord Wettenhall (17 October 1840 – 29 October 1920) was an Australian politician.
Born at Wettenhall near
Sorell in
Tasmania
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to Commander Robert Wettenhall and Mary Burgess Bussell, he moved to
Victoria in 1859. He worked as an overseer in the
Wimmera
The Wimmera is a region of the Australian state of Victoria. The district is located within parts of the Loddon Mallee and the Grampians regions; and covers the dryland farming area south of the range of Mallee scrub, east of the South Austral ...
in 1861 and a manager in 1863 before leasing his own property. In 1866 he married Mary Burgess Dennis near
Colac, with whom he had nine children and later marrying Laura Dennys. He served as a
Stawell Shire Councillor and mayor. In 1883 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Council for
Nelson Province
Nelson Province was constituted in 1853 under the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, and originally covered the entire upper South Island, including all of present-day Buller, Kaikoura, Marlborough, and Tasman districts, along with Nelson Ci ...
, serving until 1886. Wettenhall died in 1920 at
Toorak.
His son
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was also a state MP.
References
1840 births
1920 deaths
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
People from Tasmania
Mayors of places in Victoria (Australia)
Victoria (Australia) local councillors
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