(Walter) William Fell (1761/2 – 27 March 1848, Shap) was an English writer.
[1] William Fell was probably born near Brampton, Cumberland.
He was a schoolmaster successively at Manchester, Wilmslow, and Lancaster, and was an industrious writer for the press.
He died in March 1848 at Shap, aged 86,[1] predeceased by his wife Dorothy and son Edward.
[2] He left his substantial property to the children of his elder brother, John Fell of Swindale Head, thereby disinheriting his only surviving son, Henry, who lived in Denmark.