William Taylor Copeland, MP, Alderman (1797 – 12 April 1868) was a British businessman and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament.

[5] There was a priority dispute with Mintons, who introduced the "Parian" term for what the Copeland factory called "statuary porcelain";[6] but Robert Hunt Handbook to the Great Exhibition upheld Battam's claim.

He was the first Chairman of the Provisional Directors of the Trent Valley Railway Company (TVRC), appointed on 11 April 1844 at their first meeting.

He served as Sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1828–29;[8] and he was He was elected alderman for Bishopsgate ward in 1829, winning a contest with the stationer and printer John Fowler Dove, and then held the position for the rest of his life.

[12] In 1834, as a dissident Whig, he supported for a time the Derby Dilly, but ultimately gave his vote to Lord John Russell.

[13] In the 1835 general election Copeland was re-elected MP for Coleraine, defeating Henry Richardson, by a majority of five.

He had a period as a Peelite, and voted for the repeal of the Corn Laws, but after 1850 he was a Conservative follower of Lord Stanley (from 1851 the Earl of Derby).

[18] During the 1830s, the noted sporting artist John Frederick Herring Sr., then living in Camberwell, was given financial support by Copeland to clear debts.