William Tipping JP MP JSA (1816 – 16 January 1897) was an English railway magnate and Conservative politician.
During his twenties he travelled into Palestine making drawings of archaeological sites, some of which were published in Punch; he was elected to the Society of Antiquaries as a result.
[2] He became a director of the London and North Western Railway and in 1857 purchased Brasted Park, at Brasted, Kent, where he helped restore dilapidated cottages, paid for the widening of local roads, and supported local community institutions.
[2][7] Tipping married Maria Walker, the daughter of a Quaker flax mill owner from Leeds, in 1844.
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