William Copland Lesley (1820 – 21 July 1876) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born at

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to Royal Navy lieutenant William Lesley and Jane Watt. A chemist, he migrated to Australia in 1841 and settled at

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. On 22 October 1850 he married Mary Perrett. In 1860 he was elected to the

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for Patrick's Plains, but he resigned in 1861. Lesley died at Singleton in 1876.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lesley, William 1820 births 1876 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians People from Singleton, New South Wales People from Foveran