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Wilson, John, ca. 1780-1856
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ca. 1780-1856
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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.
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.