William Arnott (6 December 1827 – 22 July 1901[1]) was the Scottish founder of the Arnott's Biscuits Holdings (now Arnott's Biscuits Limited) in Australia.
Early life
William Arnott was born 6 December 1827, in Pathhead, Fife, Scotland, the eldest of eight children.[2] His father was David Millie and his mother was Isobella Arnott.[2] In October 1847, he and his brother David set out for Sydney, Australia on board the assisted-immigrants' ship Sir Edward Parry;[2] they reached Sydney some 135 days later, on 17 February 1848.