John Williams (New South Wales colonial politician)

John Williams (18 February 1821 – 20 October 1891) was a Crown Solicitor, politician and mayor in colonial New South Wales.

[1][2] Williams was articled to George Nichols and was admitted to practice as a solicitor in the Supreme Court on 16 May 1842.

One of Williams's articled clerks was James Martin, who went on to become Chief Justice and Premier of New South Wales.

[1] Williams died in Sydney on 20 October 1891(1891-10-20) (aged 70) and was buried in the family vault in the old Church of England section of Rookwood Cemetery.

This article incorporates text by Terri McCormack at the Dictionary of Sydney available under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license.