William John Lane
William John Lane was an Irish nationalist politician. A member of Cork Corporation in 1884, he was elected at the 1885 general election as the Member of Parliament for the newly created Eastern division of County Cork. Lane was re-elected unopposed in 1886, but did not stand again at the 1892 general election. He was a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party until 1891 when he joined the Anti-Parnellite majority.
He was married to an American, May Armstrong of Brooklyn, New York City.
