John Williams (10 February 1777 – 15 September 1846) was an English Whig politician, lawyer and judge. John Williams was educated at

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. He was elected as a

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(MP) for

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at a by-election in March 1822, and held the seat until the 1826 general election, when he was returned on 9 June for

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. However, that result was overturned on 22 February 1827 after an

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, and Williams did not return to the

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until February 1830, when he was returned for

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at a by-election. He held that seat until the borough was disenfranchised at the 1832 general election.

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* 1777 births 1846 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Whig (British political party) MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 Politics of Lincoln, England 19th-century English judges {{England-UK-MP-stub