About John Williams
Born 1736. John Williams was a British politician.
John Williams (born 1736) was an English politician. He was MP for Saltash in 1772.
He was the son of John and Sarah Williams, of Nevis, and was baptised on 21 November 1736. During this time he spoke twice in the Commons, once to assert his readiness to submit the election to an investigation, and again to speak on the subject of African trade.
A John Williams unsuccessfully contested the seat of Fowey in 1768, and Poole in 1774, though this may have been a different person.
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English politician, MP for Saltash
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