William John Lane

William John Lane (born August 1849)^[1] was an Irish nationalist politician. A member of Cork Corporation in 1884,^[2] he was elected at the 1885 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the newly created Eastern division of County Cork.^[3] Lane was re-elected unopposed in 1886,^[3] but did not stand again at the 1892 general election.^[3] He was a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party^[3] until 1891 when he sided with the Anti-Parnellite majority, joining the Irish National Federation.^[4]

He was married to an American, Frances Mary Armstrong of Brooklyn, New York City.^[4]