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WILSON, JOHN, of Middlesex; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1602, matr. 5 Nov 1602, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1612; BA 1606; MA 1609; DD 1619; adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Feb 1612/3; a joint patent of the Head Mastership of the School was granted to Richard Ireland (qv) and himself 25 Jan 1609/10; on Ireland’s escape to France a few months later he became Head Master; a joint patent of the Head Mastership was granted to him and to Lambert Osbaldeston (qv) 7 Dec 1621, Osbaldeston succeeding him as Head Master in 1622; ordained; Rector of Bedale, Yorks., from 8 Aug 1621; Vicar of Burneston, Yorks., 1 Jul 1622-34; Rector of St. Mary, Castlegate, York 1625; Prebendary of Westminster Oct 1623 – res 1635, of Ripon 14 Aug 1623 and of Lincoln from 3 Mar 1629/30; Dean of Ripon from 1624; Master of the Savoy; lic. to m. 22 Apr 1616 Johanna, dau. of William Stanlake, King Street, Westminster, grocer; d. 19 Feb 1634/5.

Wilson, John, son of John Wilson, engineer, and Margaret, d. of Alexander Haig of The Gortons, Bute; b. 21 Apr. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (H); left July 1939; 2nd Lieut. KOSB Mar. 1941, transf. Indian Army and Political Service 1943 (Capt.); MBE for services in Waziristan June 1946; employed ICI, man. dir. ICI Belgium; OBE for services to British interests in Belgium 1 Jan 1971; m. 7 Jan. 1950 Anne Marie Elisabeth Jenny, d. of Roger Gay-Lussac of Paris; d. 14 Sep 1977.

Wilson, Jeremy Michael, son of Clifford Wilson DM FRCP, Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of London, and Kathleen, d. of Harry Hebden, manufacturing chemist, of Halifax, Yorks; b. 4 May 1944; adm. Sept. 1957 (B); left Dec. 1962; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1963, BA 1966, MA 1971; LSE, MSc 1967; a writer and ed. Ogilvy British Telecom; Eurotunnel 2001-7, co-authored Eurotunnel: The Illustrated Journey 1994; a contemporary historian, biographer and fine-press publisher; authorised biographer of Lawrence of Arabia 1989, and numerous other publications relating to T. E. Lawrence; m. 1 Mar. 1975 Nicole Yvette Helari, ed., d. of Roger Raymond Helari, shipping agent, of Dunkerque, France; d. 2 Apr. 2017.

WILSON, JAMES HUMPHREY WILSON, second son of James Wilson, Torquay, Devon; b. 11 Jul 1856; adm. 6 Nov 1871 (G); left Dec 1873; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1876; BA 1881; m. 30 Jul 1890 Katherine Campbell, eldest dau. of John Gordon Macmillan, Dereel, Ayr.

WILSON, JAMES ARTHUR, son of James Wilson, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, surgeon and teacher of anatomy, and ---, dau. of John Clarke, Wellingborough, Northants, surgeon; b. 1795; in school list 1801; KS 1808; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812, Westminster Student 1812-7, Faculty Student 1817-24; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1815; BA 1815; MA 1818; MB 1819; MD 1823; Radcliffe Travelling Fellow 1821; practised medicine initially in Paris, but returned to England in 1829; FRCP 28 Mar 1825, Censor 1828, 1851, Harveian Orator 1850; Physician to St. George’s Hospital 1829-57, Consulting Physician from 1857; author, On Spasm, Languor, Palsy, and other Disorders termed Nervous, of the Muscular System, 1843; m. 1st, 29 Apr 1824 Jessie Janet Shedden, dau. of James Scrimgeour; m. 2nd, 22 Jun 1871 Eleanor, second dau. of Hon. and Rev. Littleton Powys, Rector of Titchmarsh, Northants; d. 29 Dec 1882. DNB.

Wilson, Hugh Cameron, brother of David Hastings Wilson (q.v.); b. Sept. 28, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); left Dec. 1892; Edinburgh Univ.; M.B., B.Ch. 1905; M.D. 1908; F.R.C.S. 1911; senior house physician, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh and later practised at Maidenhead; served in Great War I as a surgical specialist; Major R.A.M.C.; m.; d. Dec. 13, 1940.

Wilson, George Balfour, son of Col. John George Yule Wilson, C.B.E., of Ealing, by Helena Theresa, daughter of George Duncan Gibb, M.D., of London; b. Sept. 12, 1887; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; Capt. of the School 1904; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Sam­waies) July 1906, matric. Michaelmas 1906; 1st class Classical Tripos (div. 2), pt. 1, 1909; B.A. 1909; appointed to the I.C.S. 1910; arrived in India Nov. 29, 1911; Asst. Commis­sioner, Punjab; retired March 1922; 2nd Lieut. Indian Army Reserve of Officers July 2, 1918; sec. E. P. Henderson, Ltd., since 1923; m. Nov. 1, 1913; Lucy Gertrude, daughter of Sir Michael William Fenton, K.C.S.I., of Harrow, Middlesex.

Wilson, Edward Alec, son of Edward Cecil Wilson, brewer, of Chiswick, and Amy Gwendolen, d. of Henry Ford; b. 5 May 19 19; adm. May 1932 (B); left July 1936; 2nd Lieut. RA (TA) Dec. 1938, Lieut. June 1940; Maritime Regt RA (Capt.), despatches (N. Atlantic) July 1941; member Lond. Stock Exchange 1944; film industry since 1950; producer BBC World Service; d. 1 Aug. 1996.

Wilson, Edmond Oliver, son of Rev. Percy Edward Wilson, Vicar of St Oswald's Thornton Heath, Surrey; b. 28 Feb. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (R); left July 1930; 2nd Lieut. RASC Sept. 1939; p.o.w.; m.; d. 24 Mar. 1989.

Wilson, David Ian, son of David Charles Wilson of Mortlake and Norah Fitzmaurice, d. of Rev. John Wilson of Liff, Dundee; b. 5 June 1905; adm. Jan. 1920 (R); left July 1923; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1923, BA 1926, MA 1931; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1929; practised in London; Civil Asst War Office 1941-5; Law Soc. Council 1959; m. 14 June 1941 Margaret Elaine, d. of Rev. Gervase Blois, Rector of Hanbury, Worcs.; d. 24 Oct. 1978.