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WILTON, JOHN, brother of (William) Joseph Wilton (qv); b.; adm. 23 Jan 1769; left 1773 (see also The World 17 Jul 1787, 3, and Hickey, iii, 245-6, noting his presence at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783); Writer, EICS Bengal 1776; arrived in India 27 Jun 1776; Examiner in Secretary’s Office, Board of Revenue 1777; Assistant, Murshidabad 1778; Junior Merchant 1785; Commissary, Chandernagore, and Senior Merchant 1787; Sheriff of Calcutta 1788; Commercial Resident, Keerpoy 1790, Dacca 1802; Opium Agent, Bihar 1803; res. in India 29 Nov 1812.

Wilson-Theobald, Ronald John McIver, only child of William Henry Wilson-Theobald, of Kensington, barrister-at-law, by Rosie, daughter of Isaac Lotinga, of Sunderland, co. Dur­ham; b. Sept. 20, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. attached 5th Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Sept. 12, 1917; went out to the western front Nov. 2, 1917; killed in action near St. Quentin, France, March 21, 1918. ·

WILSON-FOX, FRANCIS SYLVANUS WOLLASTON, youngest son of Wilson Fox MD FRS FRCP, Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, and Emily Anne, dau. of Wellesley Doyle; b. 7 Jul 1866; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (G); left Dec 1879; assumed additional surname of Wilson; University Coll. London; served in Matabele, Mashona and Boer Wars; Native Commissioner, Southern Rhodesia; transferred to Ministry of Labour 1918; head of Disabled Men’s Dept. and Controller, SW Division, to retirement 1926; ; m. ---, dau. of Llewellyn Thomas; d. Jan 1934.

WILSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1750/1 (Watts').

WILSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1744 (Heath's); left 1746.

WILSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 7) Sep 1734; left 1743.

WILSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1723/4; in school list 1728.

WILSON, WILLIAM, brother of Richard Wilson (qv); b. 28 Feb 1734; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1749/50 (Hutton's); left 1750; barrister [check]; Recorder of Newcastle upon Tyne; m. Jan 1770 Mary, eldest dau. of Christopher Scott, Aldborough in Holderness, Yorks, Mayor of Hull; d. 1792 (will proved PCC 26 Jun 1792).

WILSON, WILLIAM HENRY CHARLES, second son of Edward Thomas Wilson, Middle Temple, barrister; b. 29 Jul 1852; adm. 28 Jan 1867 (James'); left Aug 1870; London Univ.; adm. Middle Temple 2 Nov 1871, called to bar 6 Jun 1874; North-Eastern Circuit; subsequently member, London Stock Exchange; m. 27 Apr 1877 Ada Caroline, only dau. of Charles Joseph Corbett, Thames Ditton, Surrey; d. 14 May 1910.

WILSON, WILLIAM FREDERICK PLATOFF, son of Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (qv); b. 4 Oct 1813; adm. 25 Sep 1827 (Singleton's); signed Play Protest 1847. [Presumably Ensign, 32nd Foot 19 Feb 1829]