| Authorised form of name | Wilson; Sir; Charles William (1836 - 1905) |
| Dates | 1836 - 1905 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England |
| Date of birth | 14 March 1836 |
| Place of death | Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Date of death | 25/10/1905 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Tunbridge Wells |
| Activity | Education:
Liverpool; Bonn
Career:
Entered the Army, in the Royal Engineers (1855); survey work in Canada; surveyed Palestine (1864-1865); served with the Ordnance Survey, Scotland (1866-1868); Director of the Topographical and Statistical Department, War Office (c 1869); Head of Ordnance Survey, Ireland (1876-1886); British Military Consul General, Anatolia (1879-1882); Chief of Intelligence Department, Nile Expedition (1884); Director General, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (1886-1893); Director General of Military Education, War Office (1892-1893); died after an operation
Honours:
CB 1877; KCMG 1881; KCB 1885
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1874 |
| Relationships | Second son of Edward Wilson and his wife Frances, daughter of Thomas Stokes of Hean Castle, Pembrokeshire; married (1867) Olivia, daughter of Colonel Adam Duffin, Bengal Cavalry |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1906-1907 vol 78 pp xlix-liii signed by A M |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/64308880 |
| Royal Society code | NA6439 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1874/16 | Wilson, Sir Charles William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/004952 | Wilson, Sir Charles William | nd |
| NLB/20/805 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 12 July 1900 |
| NLB/22/352 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Charles [William] Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 30 April 1901 |
| RR/10/340 | Referee's report by Charles William Wilson, on an untraced paper about the Great Pyramid by Captain Downing | 15 April 1890 |
| RR/12/403 | Referee's report by Charles William Wilson, on a paper 'India's contribution to geodesy' by James Thomas Walker | 6 July 1895 |
| MS/743/1/143 | Letter from Charles William Wilson, Ordnance House, Southampton, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 9 February 1893 |
| MC/9/395 | Letter from C W [Charles William] Wilson, Captain, Royal Engineers, 4 New Street, Spring Gardens, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 9 July 1872 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/10/119 | Letter from C W [Charles William] Wilson, Major Royal Engineers, Topographical Department, War Office, Adair House, St James's Square, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 June 1874 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/11/363 | Letter from C W [Charles William] Wilson, Constantinople, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 20 May 1879 |