Joseph Williamson (English politician)

Joseph Williamson
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Member of the English Parliament
1701
1698-1699
1695-1696
Thetford
1690-1701Rochester
Member of the Parliament of Ireland
1695-1699Limerick City
1695Portarlington
1692-1693County Clare
2nd President of the Royal Society
In office
1677–1680
Preceded byWilliam Brouncker
Succeeded byChristopher Wren
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
In office
1674–1679
Preceded byHenry Coventry
Succeeded byRobert Spencer
Personal details
Born25 July 1633
Bridekirk
Died3 October 1701(1701-10-03) (aged 68)
Cobham, Kent
Resting placeWestminster Abbey
Spouse(s)Katherine Stewart, Baroness Clifton
Arms of Sir Joseph Williamson: Or, a chevron engrailed between three trefoils slipped sable

Sir Joseph Williamson, PRS (25 July 1633 – 3 October 1701) was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and 1699. He was Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1674 to 1679.