William Patrick Manning

Grave of Manning's wife, South Head Cemetery, Sydney

Sir William Patrick Manning (18 November 1845 – 20 April 1915) was an Australian politician.

Life and career

Born at Darlinghurst, New South Wales, to baker John Manning and Margaret Harrocks, he worked as a financier and had extensive business interests. Around 1867 he married Honorah Torpy in Sydney, with whom he had eight children. He was a Sydney City alderman from 1887 to 1900 and mayor from 1891 to 1894, in which year he was knighted. From 1893 to 1894 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing South Sydney. Manning died at Rose Bay in 1915.^[1]

His son Frederic Manning was a writer.

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