William Charles Angliss

Sir William Angliss
Member of the Legislative Council of Victoria for Southern Province
In office 1 June 1912 – 1 June 1952
Preceded by	William Embling
Succeeded by	Roy Rawson
Personal details
Born	29 January 1865 Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Died	15 June 1957 Auburn, Victoria, Australia
Resting place	Box Hill Cemetery
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Other political affiliations	Nationalist Party of Australia
Spouse(s)	Dame Jacobena Angliss
Children	Eirene Rose Knox
Parents	William and Eliza (nee Fiddian)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Butcher, meat exporter
Religion	Church of England

Sir William Charles Angliss (29 January 1865 – 15 June 1957) was a butcher, pastoralist, pioneer meat exporter, businessman, politician and philanthropist in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was knighted in 1939.

He was the eldest son of William Angliss, tailor, and his wife Eliza Fiddian, born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England. He was educated at Hawkhurst, Kent, and learnt the butchers trade as a youth working first with an uncle in London before migrating to New York. After two and a half years in North America he migrated to Rockhampton, Queensland in 1884. After working for a time in Brisbane and Sydney he moved to Melbourne in 1886 where he set up a butchers shop in North Carlton. He opened larger premises in Bourke Street, Melbourne in 1892 and started exporting frozen meat, becoming a pioneer of meat refrigeration. His meat export business was highly successful and he opened his own Freezing works in 1905 in Footscray.

His meat export business expanded into New South Wales and Queensland and his business also diversified into owning or managing pastoral leases and cattle stations, including jointly with Sidney Kidman.

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