William Tipping JP MP JSA (1816 – 16 January 1897) was an English railway magnate and Conservative politician. Tipping was born in Liverpool to John Tipping, a Quaker corn merchant. William Tipping was educated at a private school in Tottenham. During his twenties he travelled into Palestine making drawings of archaeological sites, some of which were published in Punch; he was elected to the Society of Antiquaries as a result. He became a director of the London and North Western Railway and in 1857 purchased Brasted Park, at Brasted, Kent, where he helped restore dilapidated cottages, paid for the widening of local roads, and supported local community institutions.