Wilson, Richard
(2) July 12, 1866, Martha, widow of J. M. Lambert, Esq., of
Barking, Essex. Author, Questions on the Gospels and Acts in
Connection with the Greek Testament; A Treatise on Plane and
Spherical Trigonometry; Sermons, etc. Died, Oct. 9, 1879, in
Chelsea. {Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Boose, vi. 921; The Guardian,
July 18, 1866; Crockford.)
WILSON, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 9, 1829. S. of Robert [surgeon], of Leeds. School, Leeds Grammar.
Matric. Michs. 1829; Scholar, 1829; B.A. (5<A Classic) 1833.
Migrated to Trinity, Oct. 26, 1836; M.A. 1839. Ord. deacon
(Canterbury, Litt. dim. from York), Mar. 15, 1840, as 'M.A.
Trin. Coll., Camb.' Second Master of Leeds Grammar School,
1841-56. Latterly took pupils at 64, St Andrew's Street, Cambridge. Died in 1890. Brother of George (1826). (Leeds
Gr. Sch. Adm. Book.)
WILSON, RICHARD. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Magdalene,
Sept. 15, 1873. S. of George, physician, of Leeds. School,
Leeds Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1873; B.A. 1877; M.A. 1880.
Assistant Master at Leeds Grammar School, 1878-1918-.
Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Lanes. Fus. ; M.C.).
Died, Mar. 11, 1931, aged 76, at Whitby; buried at Leeds.
{Leeds Gr. Sch. Adm. Book; Scott, MSS.; Schoolmasters' Directories; The Times, Mar. 13, 1931.)
WILSON, RICHARD BASSETT. M.A. 1833, incorp. from Oxford.
[Eldest s. of John, Esq., of Seacroft Hall and Cliffe Hall,
Yorks. (and Isabella, dau. of Richard Bassett). B. Apr. 3,
1806.] Matric. from University College, Oxford, Oct. 22,
1824, age 18; B.A. (Oxford) 1829; M.A. (Oxford) 1833. Adm.
at Lincoln's Inn, 1829. Of Cliffe Hall, Yorks. Married, Dec. 5, 1839, Aime, dau. of William Fitzgerald, Esq., of
Adelphi, Co. Clare, and had issue. Died Mar. 23, 1867.
Brother of John (1825). [Al. Oxon.; Inns of Court; Burke,
L.G., which gives Feb. 18 for date of death; G. Mag., 1867, I. 683.)
WILSON, RICHARD PERCY. Adm. pens, at St John's, Jan. 28, 1815. Of Middlesex. [Doubtless only s. of Richard, barrister,
M.P. for Ipswich (and Hannah Selby). School, Bury St
Edmunds.] Matric. Lent, 1815; B.A. 1819. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Feb. 3, 1814. Called to the Bar, June 29, 1819. Died
Dec. 21, 1837, aged 39. M.I. at Bildeston, Suffolk. (Bury
St Edmunds Reg.; Inns of Court; F. P. White.)
WILSON, RICHARD WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, May 15, 1854. S. of William. B. at Todmorden, Yorks.
Matric. Michs. 1854; Scholar; B.A. 1858; M.A. 1874- Ord.
deacon (Norwich), 1859; priest, i860; C. of Woodbridge,
Suffolk, 1859-61. C. of Richmond, Yorks., 1862-9. V. of
Sutton-in-Craven, 1869-1901. Hon. Canon of Ripon, 1901.
Died Apr. 4, 1901, aged 66. (Crockford; The Times, Apr. 8,
1901.)
WILSON, RICHARD WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct.
13, 1875. S. of [the Rev.] William (Wadham College, Oxford,
1840) [V.] of Banbury, Oxon. B. there [Aug. 26], 1856.
School, Brighton College. Matric. Michs. 1875; B.A. 1879.
Ord. deacon (Ely), 1880; priest, 1881; C. of Haddenham,
Cambs., 1880-2. C. of St Paul's, Haggerston, Middlesex,
1882-4. C. of St Augustine's, Stepney, 1884-1902; V. there, 1902-22; C. (again), 1922-7. Died May 10, 1927. (Brighton
Coll. Reg., which gives 1858 for year of birth; Crockford; The
Times, May 11, 1927.)
WILSON, ROBERT. Adm. pens, (age 19) at St John's, June 4, 1753. S. of the Rev. Robert, of Warws. B. at Tamworth.
Bapt. Jan. 17, 1734. School, Winchester. Matric. Michs.
1753; B.A. 1757; M.A. 1760. Ord. deacon (Rochester, Litt.
I dim. from London), Sept. 25, i757; priest (Bristol), Mar. 11,
I 1759. V. of North Curry, Somerset, 1760-91. Preb. of Wells,
j 1765-91. V. of Buckland Newton, Dorset, 1786-91. (Win-
I Chester Scholars; St John's Coll. Adm., in. 620.)
WILSON, ROBERT. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Jan. 16, 1819.
Of Norfolk. [2nd s. of the Rev. Henry Wilham (1780) (later
10th Baron Bemers), R. of Kirby Cane (and Elizabeth, dau.
I of Thomas Sumpter, of Histon Hall, Cambs.). B. Sept. 1,
I i8oi.] Matric. Michs. 1819; B.A. 1823; M.A. 1829. Ord.
I deacon (Norwich), June 19, 1825; priest, Oct. 9, 1825. R. of I Ashwelthorpe, and Wreningham with Nayland, Norfolk,
1826-50. Married (i) Emma, dau. of Col. Piggott, of Dodder- shall Park, Bucks.; (2) Apr. 13, 1832 (his cousin), Harriet,
widow of John Sheppard, and dau. of Col. George Crump, of
Alexton Hall, Leics., and had issue. His daughter succeeded
her uncle as Baroness Bemers, June 27, 1871. Died Dec. 10,
1850. Brother of Henry W. (1814). (Burke, P. and B. (sub
Bemers; Clergy List.)
WILSON, ROBERT. Adm. sizar (age 22) at Trinity, Feb. 27,
1852. S. of the Rev. William. B. at Hull. School [Clergy
Orphan, Canterbury and] Burton-on-Trent, Staffs. Matric.
Michs. 1852; B.A. 1856. Assistant Master at the Clergy
Wilson, Roland Knyvet
Orphan School, Canterbury. Ord. deacon (Lichfield), 1858;
priest, 1859; C. of Edale, Derbs., 1858-60. C. of St John's,
Walworth, 1860-3. C. at Lock's-Fields, Walworth, 1863-4.
C. of Christ Church, St George's-in-the-East, 1864-6. C. of
Wapping, Middlesex, 1866-7. C. of Ramsden Grays, Essex,
1867-9. C. of Woodford, 1869-75. C. of Stoke Albany with
Wilbarston, Northants., 1875-87. Died Mar. 29, 1887.
(Clergy Orphan Sch. Reg.; Crockford; The Guardian, Apr. 6,
1887.)
WILSON, ROBERT CALLWELL. Adm. pens, at Selwyn H.,
Oct. I, 1898. [S. of Frederick Robert, Brigade surgeon, of
Perth.] B. Dec. 27, 1879. [School, Aldenham.] Matric.
Michs. 1898. Second Lieut., Royal Irish Rifles, 1900;
resigned, 1901. Served in the South African War (with the
Southern Rhodesian Volunteers), 1901-2. Latterly of
22, St George's Road, Bedford. Died Feb. 22, 1935, in London. (Aldenham Sch. Reg.; Army Lists; The Times, Feb. 23, 1935-)
WILSON, ROBERT HENRY. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Mar. 22,
1858. S. of Robert, of Richmond, Monkstown, Co. Dublin.
B. [Sept. 18], 1839, at Brighton. School, Blackheath pro- prietary. Matric. Michs. 1858; B.A. 1862. Appointed to the
I.C.S., i860; Assistant Magistrate and Collector in Bengal;
Joint Magistrate and Collector; Officiating Under Secretary to
the Government of Bengal, 1870; Inspector of Registration
Offices, 1872; Officiating Secretary, Board of Revenue, 1877
and 1879. Commissioner, Burdwan division, 1884. Officiating
Secretary to the Government of Bengal (Finance Dept.), 1886;
retired, 1887. Died Apr. 3, 1917, at Holmwood, Surrey.
(India Office Lists; Scott, MSS.; The Times, Apr. 5, 1917.)
WILSON, ROBERT OTWAY. Adm. sizar at St John's, Nov. 19,
1828; a 'Ten-year man.' Of Gloucester. Matric. Michs. 1837;
B.D. (Stat. Eliz.) 1839. P.C. of St Paul's, Poole, Dorset, 1832-54. Died Feb. 12, 1854, aged 63, at Southsea. (Clergy List; Foster, Index Eccles.; G. Mag., 1854, i. 438.)
WILSON, ROBERT PALEY. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Oct. 1,
1889. Of Cleveland St James, Exeter. [Youngest s. of the
Rev. Francis (1834), V. of Armitage, Staffs. B. May 27, 1855.
School, Rossall.] Matric. Michs. 1889; B.A. 1892; M.A. 1900.
A solicitor, 1878-92. Ord. deacon (Lichfield), 1892; priest,
1893; C. of Tunstall, Staffs., 1892-4. Missionary in Norfolk
Island, Melanesia, 1894; in the Solomon Islands, 1895-8; in
Norfolk Island, 1908-9 and 1918-19; P. in charge of Bungana,
1909-18. Chaplain, diiocesan Girls' School, Auckland, New Zealand, 1921-2; at Siota College, Melanesia, 1922-7. Latterly of Worthing, where he died Feb. 13, 1947. Brother
of Henry (1870), Bernard (1872), Francis (1864) and Herbert
(1869). (Crockford; The Times, Feb. 18, 1947.)
WILSON, ROBERT THEODORE. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Jesus,
Oct. 1, 1875. Of Yorks. [Only] s. of Isaac, Esq., M.P. [of
Nunthorpe Hall, Northallerton] (and Anna DoroAiy, dau. of
Robert Benson, of Kendal). [B. Feb. 7, 1856.] School,
Uppingham. Matric. Michs. 1875; B.A. 1879. Athletics
'blue' (3 miles). Of Southcroft, Marton-in-Cleveland. An iron-master of Middlesbrough. J. P. for the North Riding.
Married, Nov. 9, 1882, Charlotte Helen, dau. of Robert
McNair, of Greenfield, Lanarkshire. Died June 14, 1931, at
St Thomas vicarage, York (the home of his daughter).
(Uppingham Sch. Roll; Burke, L.G.; The Times, June 16,
1941.)
WILSON, ROGER. Adm. pens, (age 21) at Magdalene, June 22,
1782. S. of the Rev. John, of Heversham, Westmorland.
School, Heversham. Bapt. Dec. 23, 1760. Matric. Michs.
1782. Migrated to Emmanuel, Mar. 23, 1784; B.A. 1786;
M.A. 1789. Ord. priest (London), July 4, 1790. V. of Brods- worth, Yorks., 1808-27. Died Mar. 17, 1827. (G. Mag., 1827,
I. 473;C. R. Hudleston.)
WILSON, ROGER CARUS (1810), see CARUS- WILSON.
WILSON, ROLAND KNYVET. Adm. at King's (age 17), a scholar from Eton, May 16, 1859. [2nd] s. of George Knyvet,
Rear-.\dmiral (and Agnes Mary, youngest dau. of the Rev.
William Yonge, V. of Swaffham, Norfolk). B. Aug. 27, 1840,
at Swaffham. Matric. Easter, 1859; Craven Scholar, 1861;
Le Bas prize (mention), 1863; B..\. (Senior Classic) 1863;
M.A. 1866; LL.M. 1875. Fellow, 1862-6. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 27, 1864. Called to the Bar, June 11, 1867. Reporter
for the Weekly Reporter and Law Journal, 1867-71. Suc- ceeded his uncle. Sir Archdale Wilson, as 2nd Bart., 1874.
Reader in Indian Law, 1878-84; I.C.S. Teacher in Indian
Law, 1884-93. Lived latterly at Richmond, Surrey. J. P. for Richmond. Married, Dec. 27, 1873, Christiana Whiting,
youngest dau. of Richard Phillips, F.R.S. Author, Short
History of Modern English Law; Digest of Anglo-Muhammadan Law, etc. Died Oct. 29, 1919, at Richmond. Brother of
William K. (1858). (Etoti Sch. Lists; Ring's Coll. Adm.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar; Waif ord. County
s; Who I "" — -• ~
Families; Who was Who; The Times, Oct. 31, 1919.)
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