Person Wilson; Sir; Charles William (1836 - 1905) Wilson Charles William Sir 1836 - 1905 British Male Liverpool, England 14 March 1836 Tunbridge Wells, Kent 25/10/1905 19051025 Burial: Tunbridge Wells

4 New Street, Spring Gardens, London (1869)

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 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 Fellow 04/06/1874 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1906-1907 vol 78 pp xlix-liii signed by A M ©The Royal Society 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 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 14 Mar 1836 - 25 Oct 1905 NA6439 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/64308880 b21aa917-4423-49f5-ab31-1bd3c2c80edc