John Williams (died 1743)

Sir John Williams (c. 1675 – 7 May 1743) was an English merchant and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1730 to 1734.

Williams was the second son of Reginald Williams of Stoke by Nayland, and his second wife Sarah Dyke, daughter of Sir Thomas Dyke of Horsham, Sussex.

[1] Williams was a merchant in trade with Turkey and was said to be ‘the greatest exporter of cloth in England.

At the 1727 British general election, he contested City of London and was again unsuccessful.

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