William Blanchard Jerrold

William Blanchard Jerrold (London 23 December 1826 – 10 March 1884), was an English journalist and author.

In 1857 he succeeded his father as editor of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, a post which he held for twenty-six years.

During the American Civil War he strongly supported the North, and several of his leading articles were reprinted and placarded in New York City by the federal government.

He was the founder and president of the English branch of the international literary association for the assimilation of copyright laws.

Four of his plays were successfully produced on the London stage, the popular farce, Cool as a Cucumber (Lyceum 1851), being the best known.