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The Wilson baronetcy, of Delhi in India, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 January 1858 for the soldier Archdale Wilson, whose father George Wilson, rector of Didlington, was younger brother of Henry Wilson, 10th Baron Berners.[1] He had commanded the British troops during the Siege of Delhi in 1857 during the Indian Rebellion.[2] Dying without issue, he was succeeded by two nephews, sons of George Knyvet Wilson RN, Roland (second son) and Arthur (third son).[3][4]
The 3rd Baronet was a noted naval commander and served as First Sea Lord from 1910 to 1911. The title became extinct on his death, unmarried, in 1921.[4]
Wilson baronets, of Delhi (1858)[edit | edit source]
- Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet (1803–1874)
- Sir Roland Knyvet Wilson, 2nd Baronet (1840–1919)[3][5]
- Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, 3rd Baronet (1842–1921)[4][6]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage thirtieth edition, 1868, p. 1185.
- ↑ Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. pp. 1598–9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wilson, Roland Knyvet (WL859RK)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lambert, Andrew. "Wilson, Sir Arthur Knyvet, third baronet (1842–1921)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36946. Template:ODNBsub
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