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Sir James Wilson, KCSI (27 February 1853 – 22 September 1926) [1] was a British civil servant in British India, where he spent most of his career in the Punjab.After his return to the United Kingdom he was a senior civil servant under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, representing the country at the International Institute of Agriculture.
Wilson was born in Bristol, the youngest child of James Wilson, headmaster of Clifton College who was once described as "something of a theological firebrand". He was named James after his father and Steuart in honour of his great-uncle Steuart Pears [1] Steuart's elder half-sister was the leading civil servant Mona Wilson and his elder brother was Arnold Talbot Wilson, [2] later the colonial ...
Sir James Wilson Robertson, KT, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, KStJ (27 October 1899 – 23 September 1983) was a British civil servant who served as the last colonial governor-general of Nigeria from 1955 to 1960.
Born the son of Major-General Bevil Wilson and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, Wilson originally enlisted with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and was then commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in December 1940. [1] [2] He served in World War II in North Africa and in Italy earning the MC for taking the village of ...
Sir James Wilson Robertson, GCVO, KCMG, KBE, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Federation of Nigeria. Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) [ edit ]
Sir James Munby, judge; Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan, judge, first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–1997), Chancellor of the University of Essex (1997–2002) Ashraf Pahlavi, Princess of Iran; Sir Denys Roberts, former British colonial official and judge; Sir Christopher Rose, former judge
James Wilson (3 June 1805 – 11 August 1860) was a Scottish businessman, economist, and Liberal politician who founded The Economist weekly and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, which merged with Standard Bank in 1969 to form Standard Chartered.
According to his autobiography, Wilson had a rather unhappy time at King William's College. He later studied at Sedbergh School (between 1853-1855). Wilson entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1855, where he was Senior Wrangler in 1859. [1] He received a Master of Arts degree in 1862 and was a fellow from 1859 to 1868.