Thomas Walter Williams

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Thomas Walter Williams (1763–1833) was an English barrister and legal writer. He was the son of Walter Williams, a London attorney who lived on Lamb’s Conduit Street. Williams entered St Paul’s School in London in November 1772. He studied law and was called to the bar, but he was not well known as a courtroom pleader; his reputation came mainly from his writings. He died in 1833.

Writings and editorial work:
- He wrote several legal texts.
- He edited the Law Journal from 1804 to 1806 with John Morgan.
- He produced abstracts of Acts of Parliament.
- In 1825, he published a new edition of The Precedent of Precedents by William Sheppard.