William Popple (1701–1764) was an English official, dramatist and Governor of Bermuda.
He entered the cofferer's office about 1730, and in June 1737 was promoted solicitor and clerk of the reports to the commissioners of trade and plantations.
[1] Popple was appointed governor of the Bermudas in March 1745, replacing his brother Alured Popple (1699–1744), and held that post until shortly before his death at Hampstead on 8 February 1764.
He was buried on 13 February in Hampstead churchyard, where there is an inscribed stone in his memory.
He also published, in 1753, a translation (1753) of the Ars Poetica of Horace, which he dedicated to the Earl of Halifax.