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Wilson, David Hastings, son of Duncan Herbert Hastings Wilson, of London; b. May 22, 1875; adm. May 2, 1889 (H); left March 1893; in Accountant-Gen.'s Dept., Admiralty, Oct. 1918 -Jan. 1919; Administrative Officer, Labour Dept., Admiralty, Jan.- Nov. 1919; m.; d. Jan. 12, 1944.

Wilson, Colin Campbell Grant, son of Colin Campbell Wilson, architect, of Mitcham, Surrey, and Lily, d. of J. H. Curtis of Salisbury; b. 4 Feb. 1905; adm. Jan. 1920 (H); left Apr. 1921; a tea planter Upper Assam 1937; PO (training) RAFVR June 1941, res. July 1943.

WILSON, CHARLES; b.; adm. 23 Sep 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797, third form list 1800.

WILSON, CHARLES THOMAS, son of William Wilson, London; b. 15 Aug 1836; adm. 3 Feb 1848 (G); QS 1850; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1854, adm. pens. 29 May 1854, but did not reside; Ensign, 4th Foot 19 Jan 1855; Lieut., 27 Jul 1855; Capt., 18 Sep 1860; retd. Nov 1870; served in Crimean War; Bursar, Exeter Coll. Oxford, from 1882; Secretary to Council, Radley Coll., from 1891; [unm. in 1881]; d. 26 Jan 1892.

WILSON, BERNARD, son of Bernard Wilson, Newark, Notts., hosier, and Anne Tenison; b. 1689; adm.; QS 1704; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1709, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1709, scholar 22 Apr 1710, matr. 1709; BA 1712/3; MA 1719; DD 1737; ordained deacon (London) 16 Mar 1711/2, priest (Lincoln) 26 Feb 1715/6; Rector of Firsby, Lincs., 1715-9; Vicar of Great Steeping, Lincs., 1715-9; Vicar of Newark, Notts., from 17 Apr 1719; Rector of Winthorpe, Notts., 18 Nov 1719 (disp. to hold with Newark); Prebendary of Lincoln from 13 May 1727, Lichfield from 11 Jun 1730, and of Worcester from 13 Oct 1735; adm. Middle Temple 14 Mar 1736/7 [check]; Master of St. Leonard’s Hospital, Newark; amassed a large forune and became a miser in his later years; left a large legacy to Mrs. Thrale; translated the first twenty-six books of De Thou’s Historia sui Temporis, 1729-30; m. 27 Dec 1748 Elizabeth Bradford, Claypole, near Nottingham; d. 30 Apr 1772. DNB.

WILSON, ARTHUR CHARLES, eldest son of James Arthur Wilson (qv); b. 20 mar 1826; adm. 18 Sep 1837 (Benthall's); left May 1839; went to King’s Coll. London; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1844, Canoneer Student 1845-54; BA 1848; MA 1851; BD 1866; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Oxford); Fellow, Lancing Coll. 1850-69; Second Master, Lancing Coll. 1851-60 [check date]; Master, Chigwell GS, Essex 1868-70; Head Master, Basingstoke GS, Hampshire 1870-3; Rector of Dunston, Lincs., 1873-6; Vicar of Nocton, Lincs., from 7 Jul 1876; m. 27 Jun 1854 Mary Henrietta, third dau. of Sir Robert Alexander Chermside MD KCH FRCP; d. 30 Oct 1880.

WILSON, ARCHDALE, son of John Wilson, Kingsthorpe, Leics., and King’s Lynn, Norfolk, Mayor of Lynn, and Anne, dau. of Thomas Archdale, Stanhope, Norfolk; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1742 (Hawkins'); left 1747; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 18 Jun 1747, matr. 1747; adm. Middle Temple 25 Feb 1744/5 and Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1752; of King’s Lynn, Norfolk; drowned at sea in loss of HMS Prince George 11 Apr 1758, on which he was travelling as a passenger to Italy.

WILSON, ANTHONY, only son of Richard Wilson, Louth, Ireland, and his second wife Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Anthony Walsh, Ardagh, co. Armagh, Ireland; nephew of Very Rev. William Pratt, Dean of Cloyne; b. 10 May 1748; adm.; KS 1761; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1765, matr. 7 Jun 1765, aged 18, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1765; BA 1769; adm. Middle Temple 6 Apr 1768; d. unm. at Dublin, Ireland 1771.

WILSON, ANTHONY GODFREY, son of Anthony Wilson, Chepstow Villas, Bayswater, manager, Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., and Elizabeth A. --- (1881 Census); b. 19 Dec 1861; adm. 25 Sep 1873 (G); left Dec 1876; adm. solicitor Jun 1885; practised at Wisbech, Cambs., to 1890. [Not in Law List 1900].

Wilson, Sir Angus Frank Johnstone (known at school as Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson), son of William Thomas Johnstone-Wilson and Maud Ellen Caney of Durban, S. Africa; b. 11 Aug. 1913; adm. May 1927 (H); left July 1932; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1935; asst Keeper Dept of Printed Books British Museum 1937; Foreign Office (Bletchley) 1942-6; dep. Superin­tendent Brit. Museum Reading Room 1949-55; an author under the name of Angus Wilson; FRSL 1958; Prof. of English Literature Univ. of East Anglia 1966-78; chairman Arts Council literature panel 1966-70, Nat. Book League 1971-4; CBE 1968, CLit 1972; pres. Powys Soc. 1970-80, Dickens Fellowship 1974-5, Kipling Soc. 1981-7; visiting Prof. and hon. Doct. at many US and UK universities; Kt 1980; Pres. Roy. Soc. of Literature 1980-7; author of novels including Such Darling Dodos 1950, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 1956, Middle Age of Mrs Eliot 1958, Old Men at the Zoo 1961, Late Call 1964, No Laughing Matter 1967, As If By Magic 1973; also wrote The World of Charles Dickens 1970, The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling 1977; d. 31 May 1991.