William John Loftie (1839 – 1911) was a British clergyman and writer, on the history of London, travel, art and architecture.

Works

• The Latin Year (1873)
• Views in the English Lake District (1875)
• English Lake Scenery (1875) with T. L. Rowbotham
• Picturesque Scottish Scenery from the Original Drawings of T.L. Rowbotham (1875)
• A Plea for Art in the House (1876)
• Views in North Wales from Original Drawings By TL Rowbotham (1875)
• In and Out of London: or, The Half-Holidays of a Town Clerk (1875)
• Views in Wicklow & Killarney (1876)
• Catalogue of the Prints and Etchings of Hans Sebald Beham (1877)
• A Ride In Egypt From Sioot To Luxor In 1879 (1879)
• Round About London, Historical, Archaeological, Architectural, and Picturesque Notes (1880)
• Queen Anne's Son The Memoirs of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Reprinted from a Tract Published in 1789 (1881) editor
• A History Of London (1883)
• A History of London. Supplement to the First Edition (1884)
• An essay on scarabs (1884)
• Lessons in the Art of Illuminating (1885)
• Windsor a Description of the Castle, Park, Town and Neighbourhood (1886)
• Marchfield: a Story of Commercial Morality( SPCK c.1886)
• Historic Towns: London (1887)
• Kensington Picturesque & Historical (1888)
• Authorised Guide to the Tower of London (1888)
• Orient Line Guide. Chapters for Travellers by Sea and Land (1890)
• Ye Oldest Diarie of Englysshe Travell: Being the hitherto unpublished narrative of the pilgrimage of Sir Richard Torkington to Jerusalem in 1517 (c.1890) editor
• London City Its History- Streets - Traffic - Buildings - People (1891)
• Westminster Abbey (1891)
• The Cathedral Churches of England and Wales (1892)
• Inigo Jones and Wren: or, The Rise and Decline of Modern Architecture in England (1893)
• Inns of Court & Chancery (1893)
• Whitehall Historical and Architectural (1895)
• Reynolds and Children’s Portraiture in England
• Sir Edwin Landseer and Animal Painting in England (1897)
• Kensington Palace (1898)
• London Afternoons (1901) essays, as Rambles in and near London (1903)
• The Coronation Book of Edward VII, King of All the Britains and Emperor of India (1902)
• The Colour of London historic, personal, & local (1907) illustrated by Yoshio Markino
• Victoria's London (1984) volume 1 reprint of London City