{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Edwin Sautelle | honorific_suffix = | image = | office2 = 8th Mayor of Vaucluse | term_start2 = 4 February 1914 | term_end2 = 10 February 1916 | deputy2 = | predecessor2 = Adam Forsyth | successor2 = George Thomas Stowe | term_start3 = January 1921 | term_end3 = December 1921 | predecessor3 = Henry David Alexander Christison | successor3 = James McIntyre | birth_date = 10 May 1872 | birth_place = Yass, New South Wales Australia | death_date = 1947 | death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | party = | relations = | spouse = Lizzie (née Christison) | children = Three sons | occupation = Civil engineer | education = Newington College | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Edwin Stanhope Sautelle''' (1872 – 1946) was an Australian civil engineer who was Town Clerk and later mayor of the Municipality of Vaucluse.<ref>{{Citation| title=Edwin Stanhope Sautelle| journal=Who's Who in Australia | year=1935| language=English}}</ref>
==Early life== Sautelle was born in Yass, New South Wales, the second son of Ellen (née Besnard) and Edwin Sautelle. His father was an English born surveyor and his mother was Irish born. His brother was the grazier and champion polo player John Besnard Sautelle who was President of Bibbenluke Shire Council. Sautelle attended Fort Street Public School and then Newington College from 1886 until 1892.<ref>Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp172</ref>
==Career== As a civil engineer he was town clerk at Vaucluse Council and designed the Parsley Bay suspension bridge. He later became an alderman on Vaucluse Council, serving twice as mayor. In 1895 he was appointed secretary of the South Head General Cemetery Trust. He designed the stone gates at the entrance to the cemetery.<ref name=nswshr-1991>{{cite NSW SHR|5063599|South Head General Cemetery|hr=01991|fn=DOC16/589652; EF16/13595|accessdate=2 June 2018}}</ref> In 1938 he was charged with forgery and larceny after misappropriating cemetery funds and sentenced to three years in gaol.<ref>[https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/sautelle_edwin_stanhope Sautelle, Edwin Stanhope] Retrieved 16 January 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94575161 |title=SAUTELLE SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS' GAOL |newspaper=The Northern Star |volume=63 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 August 1938 |accessdate=16 January 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{S-new}} {{S-ttl| title= Town Clerk of Vaucluse | years=1895{{spaced ndash}}1911}} {{S-aft| after= Christopher Joseph Ward }} {{s-bef| before= Adam Forsyth}} {{s-ttl |title= Mayor of Vaucluse | years =1914{{spaced ndash}}1916}} {{s-aft|after= George Thomas Stowe}} {{S-bef| before= Henry David Alexander Christison }} {{S-ttl| title= Mayor of Vaucluse | years=Jan–Dec 1921}} {{S-aft| after= James McIntyre }} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sautelle, Edwin}} Category:1872 births Category:1947 deaths Category:People educated at Newington College Category:Engineers from Sydney Category:20th-century Australian politicians Category:Mayors of places in Sydney