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William Taylor Copeland, MP, Alderman (1797 – 12 April 1868) was a British businessman and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament . Pottery business. William Taylor Copeland was the only son of William Copeland, partner of Josiah Spode II in the Stoke Potteries, and his wife Mary Fowler. [1] .
William Taylor Copeland (1797–1868) of W. T. Copeland and Sons, alderman of London, and porcelain manufacturer, head of the large pottery establishment known ‘Spode’ at Stoke-on-Trent, and also of the firm in London. 1797 March 24th. Born the son of William Copeland. 1824 Joined the Spode-Copeland business. 1826 Became a partner when his ...
COPELAND 1847 - 1899. In 1846, William Taylor Copeland acquired the company outright. He was a classic Victorian gentleman industrialist, combining ownership of the factory with a career in politics and public life, as an MP and as Lord Mayor of London.
The partnership between William Taylor Copeland and Thomas Garrett was short, just 14 years, from 1833 to 1847, but during that time the factory produced a considerable variety of new shapes and products. W. T. Copeland married Sarah, daughter of John Yates a china manufacturer in Shelton, Staffordshire.
William Taylor Copeland was a classic Victorian Gentleman Industrialist, combining ownership of the factory with a career in politics and public life – as an MP and as Lord Mayor of London. Under the Copelands, the factory vied with Minton in making some of the most spectacular ceramics wares of the age.
Copeland & Garrett made encaustic and other floor tiles, copying medieval designs but not using traditional colours. These proved unpopular and production of them soon ceased. From 1847, the business relationship between William Taylor Copeland and Thomas Garrett ended and Copeland produced alone, until his sons joined to create W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd in 1867.
William Copeland had become a partner in 1797 and after Josiah Spode II died in 1827, William Copeland's son, William Taylor Copeland, bought the business from the Trustees of Josiah Spode III. Thus in 1833 William Taylor became sole owner.
