Sir John Williams

(1777-1846)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Williams, John, 1777-1846 DNB: Williams, Sir John (1777–1846), judge LBT ID: JoWilli1846 VIAF ID: 51269841 LOC ID: no95006859	B/BAP: 1777-01 DIED: 1846-09-15
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Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and the Inner Temple, he was junior counsel for the defence at the trial of Queen Caroline in 1820, a Whig MP for Lincoln, Ilchester, and Winchelsea, and justice of the court of king's bench (1834).
REFERENCES TO Sir John Williams: Sydney Smith to Edward Davenport, [Early 1820] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 1 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XI. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 8 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1820