Henry John Williams (8 February 1841 – 1 April 1919) was an English Anglican priest and activist for humanitarianism, animal rights and vegetarianism.

[1] He was the son of Margaret Sophia (née Taunton) and Hamilton John Williams,[1] an Anglican priest.

[5] He later published the pamphlet A Plea for a Broken Law, which made a case for vegetarianism from a theological point of view.

Due to a lack of funds, the organisation was inactive until 1895, when Williams, Sidney H. Beard, and others revived the society from its dormancy.

[8][9] Williams served as the rector of Kinross,[10] was the honorary president of the Scottish Vegetarian Society,[11] and a member of the Humanitarian League's Humane Diet department.