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in the Stoke Potteries, and his wife Mary Fowler. He succeeded his father in 1827 as head of the porcelain firm in Portugal Street, London and eventually bought out the interests of the Spode family in the business in the Potteries and London. He ran the business in partnership with Thomas Garrett,
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Copeland married in 1826 Sarah Yates. The couple had ten children, of whom a daughter and four sons survived their father. The sons were William Fowler Mountford Copeland (1828–1908), Edward Capper Copeland (1835–1875), Alfred James Copeland (1837–1921), and Richard Pirie Copeland (1841–1913).
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being one of the six towns that became the borough of Stoke-on-Trent, where he bought into the Spode family interest, in 1833. In the 1840s he was running the Berry Hill Colliery near Botteslow, to the north of Fenton.
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He was a member of the Goldsmiths' Company and its master in 1837–38. For seven years he was president of the royal hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem, as well as a member of the
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by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
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His cousin, William Copeland Astbury, wrote about William Taylor Copeland, the family, and the Copeland Spode business in his diaries, 1831–1848.
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candidate. He sat for that seat between 1837 and 1852 (when he was defeated) and again from 1857 until he retired in 1865. He had a period as a
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Copeland was re-elected MP for Coleraine, defeating Henry Richardson, by a majority of five. He sat for the borough until 1837.
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The register of parliamentary contested elections. Containing the uncontested elections since 1830
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Congregational Communion: Clerical Friendship in the Anglo-American Puritan Community, 1610-1692
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and President of the Honourable Artillery Company. In 1834 he was the first President of
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In 1866 Copeland was appointed china and glass manufacturer to the Prince of Wales.
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William Taylor Copeland was the only son of William Copeland, partner of
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The family claimed descent from John of Copeland, also referred to as
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Fountain, Robert. "Herring, John Frederick, senior (1795–1865)".
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politician. He contested the Irish UK parliament constituency of
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and Middlesex in 1828–29; and he was He was elected alderman for
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Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885
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Copeland was also a major investor in Fenton Park Colliery,
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Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies
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Phillips, Helen L. "Copeland, William Taylor (1797–1868)".
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in 1829, winning a contest with the stationer and printer
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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contributions in Parliament by William Taylor Copeland
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The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby
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The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby
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Index

Alderman
MP

Mary Martha Pearson
Coleraine
Stoke upon Trent
Hon. George Anson
John Ricardo
London
England
Conservative
Whig

Lord Mayor of London
Member of Parliament
Josiah Spode II
Stoke-on-Trent
Thomas Battam

Metropolitan Museum of Art


Cleveland Museum of Art
Parian ware
Mintons
Robert Hunt
Great Exhibition
London and Birmingham Railway Company
Edmund Peel
North Staffordshire Railway

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