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Wilkinson, Sir Robert Pelham, son of Robert Daniel Wilkinson, of Croydon, Surrey, by Kate, daughter of William Barton Ford, of Croydon; b. Oct. 1, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left May 1901; a member of the London Stock Exchange 1906; Master of the Needleworkers Company 1927; deputy chairman of the London Stock Exchange 1936-46; member of the Departmental Committee on Fixed Trusts 1936, and on Share-Pushing 1936; member of the Cohen Committee on Company Law 1943; knighted 1946; president of the Elizabethan Club 1953-5; author of Wilkinson's Tea Share Manual (1924); m. Sept. 17, 1910, Phyllis Marion, daughter of John Charles Barnard, of Kensington; d. May 24, 1962.

WILKINSON, P.; b.; adm.; left 1807.

Wilkinson, Oliver Marlow, son of Louis Umfraville Wilkinson, author and lecturer, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and Frances Josepha Gregg, poet, d. of Oliver Howard Gregg of Fort Leav­enworth, Kansas, USA; b. 28 Jan. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (G); left Dec. 1930; dir. Red Triangle The­atre, London, 1936-8; drama adviser Lond. YMCA 1938-9; RN in WW2; drama dir. Iona Community 1945-51; co-dir. Oxford Playhouse 1951-2; drama adviser TocH 1952-6, drama organiser Oxfordshire County 1956-61; sen. lecturer Oxf. Poly. 1962-80; author (as Oliver Marlow) of Ishmael (Sybil Thorndike Trophy winner) 1937, How Can We Save Father (Royal Court) 1954; ed. letters of his godfather John Cowper Powys; m. 18 Mar. 1939 Margaret Lily, d. of Henry Shenton, civil servant, of Hampstead; d. Sept. 1999.

WILKINSON, JOSEPH; b.; adm. 8 May 1773. [A Joseph Wilkinson was at Venice in 1777].

Wilkinson, John Ross, son of W. F. Wilkinson of Wallington, Surrey; b. 31 Mar. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left Apr. 1924; d.

WILKINSON, JOHN EDWARD, son of Edward Wilkinson, Potterton Hall, Yorks., and Abnn, dau. of Nicholas Pearse, Woodford, Essex; b. 28 Oct 1789; adm. 29 Jan 1800 (Clapham); in school list 1801; Min. Can. 1804; left Dec 1807; Writer, EICS Bengal 1809; at Haileybury Coll. 1810; arrived in India 15 Oct 1811; Assistant to Collector of Customs, Cuttack 7 Aug 1813; Officiating Collector of Customs, Hooghly 7 Jun 1815; Deputy Collector of Customs, Benares 7 Mar 1819; Collector, Banda 25 May 1821; Magistrate, Tirhoot 5 Apr 1831; res. 1 May 1843; m. 11 Apr 1814 Catherine, eldest dau. of Robert Bathurst, EICS Bengal; d. 4 Aug 1850.

Wilkinson, Gordon Frederick Noble, brother of Robert Pelham Wilkinson (q.v.); b. Sept. 20, 1892; adm. May 4, 1906 (H); lejt July 1909; enlisted in 10th Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. K.O.Y.L.I. June 13, 1916; killed in action at Fricourt July 2, 1916; unm.

WILKINSON, GEORGE; b.; adm. 3 Jun 1788.