William Lesley
William Copland Lesley was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
He was born at Foveran to Royal Navy lieutenant William Lesley and Jane Watt. A chemist, he migrated to Australia in 1841 and settled at Singleton, [New South Wales|Singleton]. On 22 October 1850 he married Mary Perrett. In 1860 he was elected to the New [South Wales Legislative Assembly] for Patrick's Plains, but he resigned in 1861. Lesley died at Singleton in 1876.