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Wilson, Richard Fleming, son of Thomas Wilson, of Bayswater, by Violet Gale, daughter of Richard Samuel Cook, of Dorking, Surrey; b. May 19, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (A); left Dec. 1919; City and Guilds Engineering Coll. Kensington; B.Sc.; an electrical engineer.

WILSON, PHILIP, fourth son of Thomas Wilson, Tobago, West Indies; b.; adm. Christmas 1809; KS (aged 13) 1810; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1814, adm. pens. 21 May 1814; migr. to Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1816; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Middle Temple 28 Jan 1815; ordained; Rector of Ilchester, Somerset 1830-7; d. 23 Jun 1847, aged 52.

Wilson, Peter Stafford, son of Sir Geoffrey Masterman Wilson KCB CMG, chmn. of Oxfam, and his first wife Julie Stafford, d. of Prof. Alexander Buel Trowbridge Jr., Prof. Russian History, American Univ., Washington DC, USA; b. 12 Jan. 1951; adm. Sept. 1964 (R); left July 1969; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1970, BA 1973 (1st class hons Eng. Lang. & Lit. ); artistic dir. Bush Theatre Lond. 1975-6; assoc. dir. Horseshoe Theatre Co. 1976-9, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith 1980-3; chief exec. PW Productions (The Woman in Black and An Inspector Calls) 1983-; chief exec HM Tennent Ltd. 1988-90; chief exec., Theatre Roy. Norwich 1992-2016; MBE Jan. 2000; DL 2007; Vice Lord-Lieutenant 2020; m. Sept. 1980 Patricia Clare Macarthur Stanham (marriage dissolved); d. 4 Sept. 2023.

WILSON, MAJOR WILLIAM, eldest son of Benjamin Wilson FRS, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Serjeant-Painter to George III, and Jane Hetherington; b.; adm. 16 Jun 1783; in school list 1786; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Feb 1793; m. 3 Nov 1800 Sophia Thompson.

Wilson, Keith Alexander Buchanan, son of Alexander J. Wilson, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; b. Jan. 3, 1899; adm. May 4, 1911 (H); left July 1913; adm. a solicitor June 1923; in practice at Worthing, Sussex; d. 3 Dec. 1987.

WILSON, JOHN; b.; adm. 23 Jan 1769. error for Wilton, John]]

WILSON, JOHN, son of John Wilson (elected to Oxford 1602, qv); b. ; KS 1640 (J. E. B. Mayor and R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , i, 61); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Sep 1641, aged 16, matr. 1645; BA 1645/6; MA 1649; adm. Inner Temple Nov 1646, called to bar 1654; fought in the Civil War for the King; d. 24 Sep 1681.

WILSON, SIR JOHN, only son of Lieut. -Col. John Wilson, 2nd Tower Hamlets Militia; b.; at school under Vincent (Illustrated London News xxxix, 7 and 81); Ensign, 28th Foot 26 Mar 1794; Lieut., 12 Aug 1795; served in West Indies and was present at the capture of Sta Lucia and St. Vincent 1796; subsequently taken prisoner in the West Indies, and on his return home in 1797, after he had been exchanged, was again taken prisoner in the bristol Channel; took part in capture of Minorca Nov 1798; Capt., Minorca Regt. (or Queen’s German Regt., afterwards 97th Foot), 18 Jan 1799; served in expedition to Egypt and was present at battle of Alexandria 21 Mar 1801; Maj., 27 May 1802; served with 97th Foot in Portugal; severely wounded at battle of Vimiera 22 Dec 1808; returned to England; Lieut. -Col., Royal York Rangers 22 Dec 1808; on his return to the Peninsula in Jan 1809, he joined the Portuguese army as an officer in the Royal Lusitanian Legion, under Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (qv); Chief of Staff to General Silveira, Portuguese Army 1810; Governor, Province of Minho 1811; joined Wellington’s army Jun 1813, assuming command of an independent Portuguese brigade; severely wounded before Bayonne 18 Nov 1813; knighted 11 May 1814; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1814; CB 4 Jun 1815; half-pay 25 Dec 1816; Major-Gen., 27 May 1825; commanded British forces in Ceylon 1830-8; Col., 82nd Foot 5 Dec 1836 – May 1841; KCB 6 Feb 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Jun 1838; Col., 11th Foot, from 10 May 1841; Gen., 11 Nov 1851; d. 22 Jun 1856, aged 76. DNB.

WILSON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) 1719; left 1720.

WILSON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1721; in under school list 1722.