William Henry Suttor

William Henry Suttor (Senior) (12 December 1805 – 20 October 1877) was an Australian pastoralist and politician.

[1] During a time of great conflict with the Indigenous Australians of the Wiradjuri nation, who resisted the taking of their lands, both William and George established good relations with the aborigines.

[2] From 1843 to 1854 Suttor represented the Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington in the New South Wales Legislative Council.

[1][4] Suttor married Charlotte Francis in 1833, and together they had 14 children: William Henry Suttor (Junior) (1834–1905) who was also a NSW politician,[5] Edwin John Piper, Francis Bathurst, Caroline, George Roxburgh, Edward Leichardt, Charlotte, Herbert Cochrane, Sarah Pauline, Albert Bruce, Walter Sydney, Clara Hay, Horace Melbourne and Norman Lachlan.

It was named on 7 March 1845 by explorer Ludwig Leichhardt on his expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington.