William Yaldwyn

William Yaldwyn (12 November 1835 – 27 July 1919) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

Early life William Yaldwyn was born on 12 November 1835 at Blackdown House, Blackdown, Sussex, England in 1835 to William Henry Yaldwyn (1801–1866) and his wife Henrietta Mary (née Bowles,1805–1855). He was educated at Blackheath Preparatory School and Tonbridge Grammar School, Kent.

Upon his arrival in Queensland he gained Pastoral experience by working on his father's stations.

Politics On 18 June 1868 he was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council serving for nine years before resigning to become a Police Magistrate in Dalby on 15 May 1877.

Later life Yaldwyn was promoted to Police Magistrate in Ipswich where he served for eleven years and was promoted as Police Magistrate in South Brisbane where he remained until his retirement in 1906 after 29 years of service as a police magistrate.

Yaldwyn had a keen interest in sport, promoting the first rugby football club in Warwick In 1861 he had married Jane Sinclair and together they had seven children. Jane died in 1883 and in 1902 he married Violet Norm Jessie Agnew, the daughter of Phil Agnew, the Post and Telegraph Master of Dunwich. He retired to England in 1907 but later returned to Brisbane and died in a private hospital in Sydney on 27 July 1919.