John Bickerton Williams

Sir John Bickerton Williams (4 March 1792 – 21 October 1855) was an English nonconformist author and lawyer. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1837.

Life Williams was born at Sandford Hall, at West Felton, Shropshire in the United Kingdom on 4 March 1792, the son of William Williams and Hannah Bickerton. Early in his life, his parents moved to Wem in Shropshire. He received his early education at the free school (now Thomas Adams School) in Wem. He became a member of the congregational church at Wem in the autumn of 1809. Williams began to gather a large collection of manuscripts by Phillip and Matthew Henry and other nonconformist theologians. He spent his leisure time writing. In that capacity he presented an address to the Duke of Sussex at Kimnel Park. He died at Wem on 21 October 1855 and was buried in the cemetery in Chapel Street on the 27th. His widow died at Wem on 23 February 1872 and was buried in the cemetery in Chapel Street.