Person Croker; John Wilson (1780 - 1857) Croker John Wilson 1780 - 1857 British Male Galway, Ireland 20 December 1780 10 August 1857

Barrister; Politician Education: Trinity College, Dublin; Lincoln's Inn (entered 1800) Career: Called to the Irish Bar (1802); helped found the 'Quarterly Review' (1807); MP for Downpatrick (1807-1812); MP for Athlone (1812-1818); MP for Yarmouth I.O.W. (1819-1820); MP for Bodmin (1820-1826); MP for Aldeburgh (1826-1827; 1830-1832); MP for Dublin University (1827-1830); Secretary of the Admiralty, for defending the Duke of York in the case of Mary Anne Clarke (until 1830); edited Boswell's 'Life of Johnson' (1831) Son of John Croker Fellow 05/07/1810 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 20 Dec 1780 - 10 Aug 1857 NA3563 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/51766984 d09879f0-e616-4f6f-bd13-010c56ad5b2a