William Johnson Fox, an English clergyman and politician, born in Wrentham, Suffolk, in 1786, died June 3, 1864. He was educated at Homerton Independent college, embraced Unitarian doctrines, and became a preacher, in which capacity he officiated many years at the chapel in Finsbury square, London. He took an active part in politics, on the extreme liberal side, and was a popular speaker for the anti-corn-law league. In 1847 he was elected to represent the borough of Oldham in parliament, as successor to William Cobbett, was returned again for the same borough in 1852 and 1857, and held his seat until he resigned in 1862. He contributed largely to the"Westminster Review" and to other periodicals, and published several works, among which are Lectures on Religions Ideas" and "Lectures to the Working Classes" (4 vols. 12mo).