Sir William James Ingram, 1st Baronet (27 October 1847 – 18 December 1924) was a British journalist and Liberal politician who was managing director of The Illustrated London News and who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1878 and 1895.

His father was the founder of The Illustrated London News, and had also been MP for Boston in Lincolnshire.

[1] His father and brother died in a shipping accident on Lake Michigan in 1860 and Ingram eventually took over management of the Illustrated London News.

In 1874, Ingram was elected as MP for Boston and held the seat until 1880 when representation was suspended.

[3] Ingram married in 1874, Mary Eliza Collingwood Stirling, daughter of Australian politician Edward Stirling of 34, Queen's Gardens, Hyde Park, and of Adelaide, South Australia.