1315 John Williams

Constituency : Truro  1892-5 ( Liberal  Unionist )

John  held  on  to  Truro  for  the  Liberal  Unionists  after  the  retirement  of  William  Bickford-Smith.

John's  grandfather  had  been  MP  for  West  Cornwall  in  the  1850s . He  was  educated  at  Rugby and  Cambridge.  He  had  a  large  estate  in  the  county  and  was  a  quiet  philanthropist.  He  was a  keen  botanist  and  cultivated  a  new  breed  of  camellias  which  were  named  after  him. He served  on  Cornwall  County  Council.

John's  only  parliamentary  contribution  was  to  oppose  a  railway  bill  in  1894  which  was  very unpopular  in  Cornwall.

John  stood  down  in  1895 . He  disliked  London  and  did  not  want  to  bring  his  children  up there.

He  died  in  1939  aged  78.