Henry John Williams

The Reverend
Henry John Williams
The Reverend Henry John Williams
	Obituary portrait from The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, 1919
Born	1 February 1841; Whatley, Mendip, England
Died	1 April 1919 (aged 78); Aspley Guise, England
Alma mater	The Queen's College, Oxford; University College, Durham;
Occupations	Priest; writer; activist;
Known for	Advocacy for Christian vegetarianism; founding the Order of the Golden Age
Spouse	Cecelia Frances D'Arblay Croft (m. 1871; div. 1892)
Relatives	Howard Williams (brother)
Religion	Anglicanism
Church	Church of England
Offices held	Rector of Tintern (1871–1873); Rector of Brympton (1880–1883); Rector of Kinross (from 1889);

Henry John Williams (8 February 1841 – 1 April 1919) was an English Anglican priest, writer, and advocate of Christian vegetarianism and humanitarianism. Influenced by his brother Howard Williams, he adopted vegetarianism in 1878 and sought to promote it as a moral and religious duty grounded in Christian teaching. He founded the Order of the Golden Age, a Christian vegetarian organisation, in 1881, later serving alongside Sidney H. Beard when it was revived in 1895. Williams was also honorary president of the Scottish Vegetarian Society and a member of the Humanitarian League's Humane Diet department. He contributed essays to the order's journal, The Herald of the Golden Age.