John Carvell Williams (20 September 1821 – 8 October 1907) was an English Nonconformist campaigner and a

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politician. Williams was the son of John Allen Williams of Stepney and his wife Mary Carvell, and was educated privately. He was a

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and campaigned against the privileged status of the

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. From 1847 to 1877, he was secretary to the

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and was Parliamentary chairman to the society. He authored works on disestablishment and other ecclesiastical subjects. He was a Director of Whittlington Life Insurance Company. In the 1885 general election, Williams was elected as the

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(MP) for Nottingham South but lost the seat in the 1886 general election. He was elected MP for Mansfield In the 1892 general election and held the seat until the 1900 general election. Williams married Anne Goodman, daughter of Ricard Goodman, of

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. She died on 21 December 1902. Williams lived at Crouch End and died at the age of 86.

Publications

*A Plea for a Free Churchyard 1870 *Religious Liberty in the Churchyard 1876 *The Demand for Freedom in the Church of England *Disestablishment 1885

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, John (Liberal politician) 1821 births 1907 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900