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Wilson, Richard Fleming, son of Thomas Wilson, of Bayswater, by Violet Gale, daughter of Richard Samuel Cook, of Dorking, Surrey; b. May 19, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (A); left Dec. 1919; City and Guilds Engineering Coll. Kensington; B.Sc.; an electrical engineer.

WILSON, PHILIP, fourth son of Thomas Wilson, Tobago, West Indies; b.; adm. Christmas 1809; KS (aged 13) 1810; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1814, adm. pens. 21 May 1814; migr. to Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1816; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Middle Temple 28 Jan 1815; ordained; Rector of Ilchester, Somerset 1830-7; d. 23 Jun 1847, aged 52.

WILSON, MAJOR WILLIAM, eldest son of Benjamin Wilson FRS, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Serjeant-Painter to George III, and Jane Hetherington; b.; adm. 16 Jun 1783; in school list 1786; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Feb 1793; m. 3 Nov 1800 Sophia Thompson.

Wilson, Keith Alexander Buchanan, son of Alexander J. Wilson, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; b. Jan. 3, 1899; adm. May 4, 1911 (H); left July 1913; adm. a solicitor June 1923; in practice at Worthing, Sussex; d. 3 Dec. 1987.

WILSON, JOHN; b.; adm. 23 Jan 1769. error for Wilton, John]]

WILSON, JOHN, son of John Wilson (elected to Oxford 1602, qv); b. ; KS 1640 (J. E. B. Mayor and R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , i, 61); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Sep 1641, aged 16, matr. 1645; BA 1645/6; MA 1649; adm. Inner Temple Nov 1646, called to bar 1654; fought in the Civil War for the King; d. 24 Sep 1681.

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.

WILSON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) 1719; left 1720.

WILSON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1721; in under school list 1722.

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.