Background
He was born at Sohan in Cambridgeshire to the Reverend William Pechey, a Baptist minister, and Sarah Rotton.
He was born at Sohan in Cambridgeshire to the Reverend William Pechey, a Baptist minister, and Sarah Rotton.
He migrated to Australia around 1865 and worked as a surveyor near Bathurst. In 1882 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Macquarie, but he died at Bathurst four months later without taking his seat.