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SirJohn WilliamsQC
Williams in 1820
Born(1777-02-10)10 February 1777
Died15 September 1846(1846-09-15) (aged 69)
NationalityEnglish
OccupationJudge
Known for

Sir John Williams QC (10 February 1777 – 15 September 1846) was an English Whig politician, lawyer and judge, known for overseeing the 1830s trials of the Tolpuddle Martyrs (R v Lovelass and Others), and the Flash Female Button Makers Union.

John Williams was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln at a by-election in March 1822, and held the seat until the 1826 general election, when he was returned on 9 June for Ilchester. However, that result was overturned on 22 February 1827 after an election petition, and Williams did not return to the House of Commons until February 1830, when he was returned for Winchelsea at a by-election. He held that seat until the borough was disenfranchised at the 1832 general election.

He was made a King's Counsel in Easter Term 1827. On 28 February 1834 he was made a serjeant-at-law and raised to the bench as one of the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer, succeeding Sir John Bayley; he was knighted on 16 April 1834. On 29 April 1834 he transferred to the Court of King's Bench as puisne justice, exchanging places with Sir James Parke. He died on 14 September 1846 and was succeeded by Sir William Erle.

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Williams, John (1777-1846)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 61. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. Crime and Punishment in Staffordshire 2009.
  3. "Williams, John (WLMS794J2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
  5. Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 203. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  6. Stooks Smith, page 534
  7. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
  8. Stooks Smith, page 559
  9. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
  10. Haydn 1890, p. 416.
  11. Haydn 1890, p. 413.
  12. Haydn 1890, p. 385.
  13. Haydn 1890, p. 373.

Bibliography

  • Crime and Punishment in Staffordshire. Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service. 2009.
  • Haydn, Joseph (1890). Ockerby, Horace (ed.). The Book of Dignities.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byConingsby Waldo-Sibthorpe
Robert Percy Smith 		Member of Parliament for Lincoln
1822 – 1826
With: Robert Percy Smith 		Succeeded byJohn Nicholas Fazakerley
Charles Sibthorp
Preceded byStephen Lushington
Sir Isaac Coffin, Bt 		Member of Parliament for Ilchester
March 1826 – June 1826
With: Richard Sharp 		Succeeded byLionel Tollemache
Felix Tollemache
Preceded byHenry Brougham
Viscount Howick 		Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
Feb 1830 – 1832
With: Viscount Howick to July 1830
Henry Dundas July 1830 – April 1831
Stephen Lushington April–July 1831
James Brougham from July 1831 		Constituency abolished


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