Wilson, Charles Henry
WILSON, CHARLES HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity,
July 13, 1835. [2nd] s. of George, Lieut. -Col., The Guards [formerly Smyth, who had assumed the name of Wilson, 1811,
on his marriage to Sarah, eldest dau. of Daniel Wilson (1766)].
B. [Dec. 8, 1817], at Milnthorpe, Westmorland. School,
Eton. Matric. Michs. 1836; B.A. 1841; M.A. 1844. Ord.
deacon (Chester), 1841 ; priest, 1842 ; C. of Beetham, Westmor-
land, 1841-3. C. of Heysham, Lanes., 1843-52. C. of St
James, Cheltenham, 1852-4. C. of Upton Warren, Worcs.,
1855-7. C. of Shurdington, Gloucs., 1859-65. R. of Coberley,
1866-1912 and of Colesbome, 1871-1912. Died Feb. 16, 1912.
Brother of George E. (1834). (Burke, P. and B.; Eton Sch.
Lists; Crockford; Clergy List; The Guardian, Feb. 16, 1912.)
WILSON, CHARLES HENRY. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, Oct. 15, 1S70. S. of the Rev. Edward (1821), V. of
Nocton, Lines. Matric. Michs. 1870; Abbott Scholar, 1872;
B.A. (i5<A aassic) 1874; M.A. 1880. A mining engineer ; held
posts at Shireoaks colliery, Worksop, Tennessee, U.S.A. and
in British Honduras. Died, Sept. 9, 1887, of yellow-fever, at
Belize, British Honduras. Brother (or half-brother) of Thomas
W. (1868) and William B. (1866), etc. (King's Coll. Reg., 76, which gives died Sept. 14.)
WILSON (or LEA- WILSON), CHARLES LEA. Adm. pens, at
Trinity, July 8, 1871. [2nd] s. of Cornelius Lea, of The
Cedars, Beckenham, Kent. B. there, Apr. 6, 1851. School,
Beckenham (private). Matric. Michs. 1871; B.A. 1875;
M.A. 1878. Ord. deacon (Winchester), 1875; priest, 1876;
C. of St James's, Bermondsey, 1875-6. C. of Sandgate, Kent,
1877-80. V. of Old Radford, Notts., 1880-1913. Married,
May 17, 1876, Neville Juliana, youngest dau. of Arthur Kett
Barclay, Esq., of Dorking. Latterly of Northwood, Middle- sex, where he died Oct. 16, 1936. Brother of Arthur L. (1878) ;
father of Harold W. L. (1899) (sub Lea-WUson). (Crockford; The Times, Oct. 19, 1936-)
WILSON, CHARLES MARYON. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Apr. 26, 1850. [3rd] s. of Sir John Maryon (1821) [9th] Bart., of
Eastbourne (and Charlotte Julia, dau. of George Wade, of
Dunmow, Essex). B. [June 29, 1831], at Fitz-John's, Dunmow. School, Blackheath. Matric. Michs. 1850; LL.B.
i860. R. of White Roding, Essex, 1855-77. Married, Sept.
29, 1859, Mary Ann, dau. of William Smith, of Roxeth House,
Dunmow, and had issue. Died Sept. 9, 1877. Brother of
George M. (1853). (Peile, 11. 515; Burke, L.G.; Crockford.)
WILSON, CHARLES PLUMPTON. Adm. sizar at Trinity,
Oct. II, 1877. S. of the Rev. Plumpton Steavenson (Exeter
College, Oxford, 1849), V. of Horbling, Lines. B. [May 12],
1859, at Roydon, Norfolk. Schools [Uppingham and]
Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1877; B.A. 1881; M.A.
1887. Football (rugby) 'blue,' 1877-80; Captam, 1880; cricket 'blue,' 1880, 1881; played for Norfolk, 1881-5.
Played for England at 'rugby' football, 1881, and 'associa- tion,' 1884. Assistant Master at Elstree School, 1881-98;
Joint Head Master of Sandroyds School, Cobham, 1898-1920. Married, Apr. 4, 1888, Elizabeth Silk, dau. of H. Smith, Esq.,
of Horbling, Lines. Died, Mar. 9, 1938, at Eckling Grange,
Dereham, Norfolk. Brother of Kenneth P. (1880). (Marl-
borough Coll. Reg.; Schoolmasters'' Directories; The Times, Mar. II and 19, 1938.)
WILSON, CHARLES THOMAS. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 29,
1854. [S. of William, of London. B. Aug. 15, 1836.] School, Westminster. Did not reside. Ensign, 4th Foot, 1855;
Lieut., 1855; Captain, i860. Served in the Crimean War.
Retired, 1870. Capt., Royal Lanes. Militia, 1880. Bursar of
Exeter College, Oxford, 1882-92; Bursar of Radley College,
1880-91; Secretary, 1891-2. Died Jan. 26, 1892. (Record of
Old Westminsters; Radley Reg.; Army Lists.)
WILSON, CHARLES THOMSON REES. Adm. pens, at Sidney,
Oct. I, 1888; from Owens College, Manchester (B.Sc. 1887).
S. of John, farmer, deceased, of [Cross-house], Glencorse, Midlothian. B. there, Feb. 14, 1869. Matric. Michs. 1888;
Scholar; (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, ist Class, 1890); B.A. (Nat.
Sci. Trip., Pt II, ist Class) 1892; Clerk Maxwell Student,
1895; M.A. 1897; Hon. Sc.D. 1947. Fellow, 1900-51-.
University Demonstrator in Experimental Physics, 1900-1 ;
University Lecturer in Experimental Physics, 1901-ig; Reader in Electrical Meteorology, 1919-25. Jacksonian
Professor of Natural Philosophy, 1925-34. Hon. LL.D.,
Aberdeen and Glasgow; Hon. D.Sc, Manchester, London,
and Liverpool. President of the University Philosophical
Society, 1918, 1919. F.R.S. 1900; Copley medal, 1935.
Nobel prize (Physics), 1927. C.H. 1937. Married, June 30,
1908, Jessie Eraser, only dau. of the Rev. George Hill Dick,
of Glasgow, and had issue. Of 196, Grange Loan, Edinburgh,
in 1952. (Sir J. J. Thomson; Who's Who; Kelly, Handbook.)
WILSON, CHRISTOPHER. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Mar. 23,
1782. Only (sic) s. of the Rev. Christopher (1732). D.D.,
Canon of St Paul's. B. [Sept. 22, 1763], at Amen Comer,
Wilson, Cyril Henry
London. School, Harrow (Mr B. Heath). Matric. Easter,
1783; B.A. 1786; M.A. 1789. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, June 16, 1787. Brother of Richard (1770). (Harrow Sch. Reg.)
WILSON, CHRISTOPHER. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity,
June 28, 1782. S. of Christopher, of London. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1783; Scholar, 1785; B..\. 1787.
WILSON, CHRISTOPHER. Adm. sizar at Pembroke, Jan. 2,
1807. [Only] s. of the Rev. John (?i769) [V.] of Leigh ton
Buzzard, Beds. B. Dec. 23, 1788. School, Christ's Hospital. Matric. Lent, 1808; Scholar; B.A. 1811; M.A. 1814. Fellow,
1812. R. of South CoUingham, Notts., 1803-13. V. of Wares-
ley, Hunts., 1815-48. Died Apr. 14, 1848, at Leighton
Buzzard. [Christ's Hospital Exhibitioners; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1848, 11. loi.)
WILSON, CHRISTOPHER. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Dec. 13, 1842. Matric. Michs. 1843.
WILSON, CHRISTOPHER JAMES. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Dec. 2, 1897. S. of James Pillans. B. [Mar. 29, 1879], at
Wandsworth Common, London. School, St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1898; Scholar; B.A. (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, ist Class)
1901; M.A., M.B. and B.Chir. 1906; M.D. 1926. At the
London Hospital. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P. 1906. House Surgeon,
Royal Portsmouth Hospital, 1906. Ship's Surgeon, R.M.S.P.
Co., 1907-9. Medical Officer, Trans-Andine tunnel construc- tion, South America, 1909-11. Medical Officer, Colonial
Medical Service, British East Africa from 1911. Served m
the Great War, 1914-19 (Captain, E. African Mounted Rifles
and Special List. M.C., mentioned twice in despatches).
Deputy Principal Medical Officer, Kenya, 1923; Principal.
Medical Officer, Federated Malay States, 1928; Director of
the Medical and Health Service, Straits Settlements, 193 1.
C.M.G. 1939. Retired and took up farming in Kenya.
Married, May 21, 1919, Grace, dau. of James O. Sinclau", of
Edinburgh. Of Kikuyu, in 1952. (Medical Directories; Who's
Who.)
WILSON, CHRISTOPHER MOUNSEY. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Juneii, 1879. [Only] s. of Christopher Mounsey [of Bampton,
Westmoriand, and Broughton Park, Manchester]. B. Dec.
27 1859 in Manchester. School, Clifton College. Matric.
Michs. 1879; B.A. 1883; M.A. 1891. Adm. at the Inner
Temple, Jan. 15, 1884. Called to the Bar, Nov. 17, 1886. On the Northern Circuit. Of 6, Crown Office Row, London and
Walmgate, Bampton. Died, unmarried, Feb. 7, 1904, at
New Barnet; buried at Bampton. (Peile, n. 669; Law Lists;
Inns of Court; C. R. Hudleston.)
WILSON, CHRISTOPHER WYNDHAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 19, 1863. [Eldest] s. of William [of High Park, Kendal, and Rigmaden Park, Westmorland] (and Mary Letitia, dau.
of Richard Parrott Hulme). B. Nov. 9, 1844, at Kurkby-
Lonsdale. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1864. Of Rig-
maden Park, Kirkby-Lonsdale. Colonel, commanding
Westmoriand and Cumberland Yeomanry. J. P. and D.L for
Westmoriand. High Sheriff, 1884. Married (i) Oct. i, 1874.
Mildred Eyre, youngest dau. of T. S. Speddmg, of Mu-ehouse, Cumberland; (2) Oct. 25, 1879. Edith, youngest dau. of Sir Walter Minto Townsend Farquhar, 2nd Bart., and had
issue by both. Died Dec. 8, 1918. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G.) Who was Who.)
WILSON, CLEMENT EUSTACE MACRO. Adm. pens, at
Trinity, June 25, 1894- [4th] s. of the Rev. William Regmald
(1857), of Bolsterstone \'icarage, Yorks. (and Martha, dau. of Richard Thorp, of Birthwaite Hall, Bamsley). B. [May 15],
1875, at Sheffield. School, Uppingham. Matnc. Michs. 1894;
B.A. 1899; M.A. 1903. Cricket 'blue,' 1895-8; Captam, 1898. Played for Yorkshire, and a member of Lord Hawke s South African team, 1898-9. Ord. deacon (York), 1901; pnest, 1902;
C of Whitby, 1901-3. C. of Dunchurch, Warws., 1903-4-
C of Rugby, 1904-9. V. of Calverhall, Salop, ^9'^o-i2. Chaplain and Librarian to the Duke of Westminster and R.
of Eccleston, Cheshire, 1912-21. V. of Sand Hutton Yorks., 1921-5. V. of Calverhall (with Ightfield from 1928), Salop,
1925-44. Preb. of Lichfield. Married (i) Nov. 22, 1904,
Evelyn Rose, dau. of Richard William Selby-Lowndes;
(2) Apr 17, 1912, the Hon. Addle Emily Anna Hamilton,
youngest dau. of Lord Hamilton, of Dalzell, and had issue.
Died Feb. 8, 1944. Brother of Evel>Ti R. (1898), etc. {Crockford; Burke, L.G.; The Times, Feb. 10, 1944-)
WILSON, CYRIL HENRY. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel Man i,
1888. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. C[yril Fitzroy] (University
College, Oxford, i860), of Stowlangtoft rectory, Suffolk
B Oct. 1869. [Schools, Bury St Edmunds and Uppingham.]
Matric. Michs. 1888. Died, May, 1891, aged 21 at Stowlang-
toft (Uppingham Sch. Roll; Bury St Edmunds Or. Sch. Lists.)
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