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]