John Carvell Williams

Who was John Carvell Williams?

John Carvell Williams was an English Nonconformist campaigner and a Liberal politician.

Williams was the son of John Allen Williams of Stepney and his wife Mary Carvell, and was educated privately. He was a Nonconformist and campaigned against the privileged status of the Church of England. From 1847 to 1877, he was secretary to the "Liberation Society" 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 Member of Parliament 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 lived at Crouch End and died at the age of 86.