William Hammill

{{Short description|Australian merchant and politician}}

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William Hammill (c.1822 – 1 September 1871){{cite re-member |num2=550 |name=William Hammill |access-date=28 August 2022}} was a merchant and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Hammill was a partner in a mercantile firm in Calcutta, India, and arrived in Melbourne in January 1853. Hammill married Mary Rigmaiden.

In November 1856, Hammill was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Wimmera, a position he held until resigning in March 1857.

Hammill died at Springfield,

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}} Toorak, Victoria on 1 September 1871.

He was buried in St Kilda Cemetery.

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Category:1820s births

Category:1871 deaths

Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Category:19th-century Australian politicians