See also
- John WILSON's parents: Richard Bassett WILSON (1806-1867) and Anne FITZGERALD ( -1877)
- John WILSON's siblings: Juliana Cecilia WILSON (1840-1898), William Henry FITZGERALD-WILSON (1844-1932), Mary Lucia WILSON (1844?-1930), Richard Bassett WILSON (1846-1901), Augusta Jane WILSON (1848- ), Emily Gertrude WILSON (aft1851-1928) and Maurice Fitzgerald WILSON (1858-1945)
John WILSON CB (1841-1902)
1. John Gerald WILSON CB, son of Richard Bassett WILSON (1806-1867) and Anne FITZGERALD ( -1877), was born on 29 December 1841 in Yorkshire, Man[s]field. He was a Colonel in the Army. He married Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN on 4 June 1873. He died on 8 March 1902.
John Gerald Wilson of Cliffe was Colonel, 3rd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.
"Wilson. - Col. John Gerald Wilson, C.B., commanding 3rd Batt. York and Lancaster Regt., died March 8th, 1902, of wounds received in action between Tweebosch and Palmietkuil the previous day. He was the eldest son of the late Richard Bassett Wilson, Esq., of Cliffe, by his marriage with Anne, daughter of the late William Fitzgerald, Esq., of Adelphi, co. Clare. Col. Wilson was born in 1841, and educated at Cheltenham. He joined the 84th Regt. in 1858 from the Royal Military College as an ensign. After the death of his father in 1867, and his succession to the family estate of Cliffe Hall, Piercebridge, Darlington, he retired from the army as a capt., but subsequently accepted a commission in the volunteer force, and in 1873 was appointed to the command of the 1st North Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers. From the latter he was transferred in 1883 to the command of the 3rd West Yorkshire Militia, now the 3rd Batt. York and Lancaster Regt., and in 1889 he was appointed to the command of the West Yorkshire Volunteer Brigade. He was awarded the C.B. on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in 1897, and was hon. col. of the 2nd Volunteer Batt. Prince of Wales’s West Yorkshire Regt. His battalion was first embodied in Dec., 1899, being disembodied after twelve months?service. It was again embodied in Dec., 1901, and volunteering for active service proceeded to South Africa. In the course of the war, Col. Wilson lost a brother (Col. Richard B. Wilson) and a son (2nd Lieut. Richard B. Wilson). The name of Col. J. G. Wilson is inscribed on the Eleanor Cross War Memorial erected at Cheltenham College."
His service record from the eighty-fourth regiment:
"Wilson, John Gerald, C.B.-Born at Cliffe Hall, Darlington, December 29th, 1841. From R.M.C. to Ensign 84th Foot without purchase December 31st, 1858; Lieutenant by purchase December 19th, 1862; Captain by purchase December 4th, 1866; Retired by sale of his Commission September 13th 1867; Lieutenant-Colonel 1st North York Rifle Volunteers June 9th, 1871; Resigned January, 1883; Lieutenant-Colonel 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment January 20th, 1883. Went with the 3rd Battalion to the South African War in 1901, and died of wounds received in action on March 2nd, 1902, while with Lord Methuen's column between Tweebosch and Palmietkiul. Served in Malta April 3rd, 1865, to June 13th, 1866."
Extract from The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902 by Mildred G Dooner, published by Naval and Military Press.
ALDBROUGH is a township containing 1,807 acres and 400 inhabitants. The soil is fertile, and in a high state of cultivation. The gross estimated rental of the township is £2,685, and the rateable value, £2,421. Eleanor, dowager duchess of Northumberland, is lady of the manor, and the most extensive landowner;
Col,. J. G. Wilson, Cliffe Hall, owns 145 acres; Messrs. Hutchinson and Shipton, 22 acres; and Miss Spencely, six acres besides cottage property.
Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, daughter of Rev. the Hon. Henry O'BRIEN ( - ) and Unk UNK ( - ), was born circa 1852 in Ireland. She and John Gerald WILSON had the following children:
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Second Generation
2. Richard Bassett WILSON, son of John Gerald WILSON CB and Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, was born in 1874 in Yorkshire, Manfield. He was a Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry. He died on 26 July 1900.
Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry
( Extract from The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902 by Mildred G Dooner, published by Naval and Military Press)
"Wilson. - Lieut. Richard Bassett Wilson, 3rd Batt. I.Y., died at Rustenburg on July 26th, 1900, of wounds received in action five days previously at Oliphant’s Nek. He was the eldest son of Col. John Gerald Wilson, C.B., commanding 3rd Batt. York and Lancashire Regt. He was born in 1874, and educated at Eton (Mr. Broadbent’s) and New College, Oxford. He entered the Yorkshire Hussars (Princess of Wales’s Own) Yeomanry Cavalry in Jan., 1900, and joining the I.Y. as lieut. went to South Africa on the 26th of the same month. Lieut. Wilson was a barrister, having been called to the bar on the day of his departure. A tablet has been erected to his memory in York Minster by his brother officers of the Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Hussars as a token of their sincere affection."
He was born in 1874, and educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He entered the Yorkshire Hussars (Princess of Wales' Own) Yeomanry Cavalry in Jan.1900, and joining the I.Y. as lieutenant. He went to South Africa on the 26th of the same month. Lieut. Wilson was a barrister, having been called to the bar on the day of his departure. A tablet has been erected to his memory in York Minster.
3. Lieut Col Sir Murrough John WILSON JP, KBE, son of John Gerald WILSON CB and Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, was born on 14 September 1875 in Yorkshire. He had the title 'DL for North Riding, Yorks'. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Unionist Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorks. He married Sybil May MILBANK on 16 February 1904.
... of Cliffe Hall, Yorks
Unionist MP in 1924 for Richmond, Yorks.
...It was Saturday July 24 1954, the Sir Murrough Wilson Cup against Walworth, when his 10-30 helped rout Walworth for 60 in reply to Cockerton's 73. Maurice and four others had failed to trouble the scorers....
Sybil May MILBANK was the daughter of Sir Powlett Charles John MILBANK 2nd Baronet ( - ) and Edith Mary GREEN-PRICE ( - ). She and Murrough John WILSON had the following children:
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4. Harriet Anne Dorothy WILSON, daughter of John Gerald WILSON CB and Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, was born in 1876 in Yorkshire. She married Frederick Richard MILBANK on 12 July 1904.
Sir Frederick Richard MILBANK JP, 3rd Baronet was the son of Sir Powlett Charles John MILBANK 2nd Baronet ( - ) and Edith Mary GREEN-PRICE ( - ). He and Harriet Anne Dorothy WILSON had the following children:
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5. Lieutenant Colonel Denis Daly WILSON MC, son of John Gerald WILSON CB and Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, was born on 22 October 1878. He married Mary Henrietta FRANKS on 17 December 1911.
Lieutenant Colonel 17th Bengal Cavalry, Indian Army.
Mary Henrietta FRANKS was the daughter of Capt. Norman FRANKS CIE ( - ). She and Denis Daly WILSON had the following children:
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6. Gladys Mary WILSON, daughter of John Gerald WILSON CB and Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, was born in 1880 in Yorkshire. She married John Beaumont HOTHAM on 15 August 1905.
John Beaumont HOTHAM BA (Cantab), son of Charles Frederick HOTHAM ( - ) and Margaret HOME ( - ), was a Clerk in the House of Lords. He and Gladys Mary WILSON had the following children:
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7. Captain Sir Frank O'Brien WILSON RN, CMG, DSO, son of John Gerald WILSON CB and Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, was born on 30 April 1883 in France. He married Elizabeth Frances PEASE on 25 November 1919 in Middleton Tyas. He died on 7 April 1962 in Kilima Kiu, Kenya.
He was found on an internet search as a cricketer in India, from 1905 to 1906, playing for the team "Europeans (India)".
Elizabeth Frances PEASE was born on 2 August 1894 in Tees Grange.
8. Gerald Geoffry WILSON, son of John Gerald WILSON CB and Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, was born in 1884 in France. He died in December 1896.
9. Geraldine WILSON, daughter of John Gerald WILSON CB and Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, was born in 1888 in Yorkshire. She married Edward RAMSDEN.
Lt-Col Edward RAMSDEN MC, JP was born in 1890. He died in 1985. He and Geraldine WILSON had the following children:
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Third Generation
10. Kathleen May WILSON, daughter of Lieut Col Sir Murrough John WILSON JP, KBE and Sybil May MILBANK, was born on 19 August 1900. She married Harold Boscawen LEVESON-GOWER on 11 June 1930. She died in 1984.
Harold Boscawen LEVESON-GOWER, son of Colonel Charles Cameron LEVESON-GOWER CMG, OBE ( - ), was born on 2 July 1905. He died on 17 October 1973. He and Kathleen May WILSON had the following children:
| 25 | Anastasia LEVESON-GOWER (1931- ). Anastasia was born on 26 November 1931. She married Robert Kynaston STUDD on 19 April 1958. |
| 26 | Charles Murrough LEVESON-GOWER (1933-1983). Charles was born on 13 April 1933. He died on 24 November 1983. |
11. John WILSON, son of Lieut Col Sir Murrough John WILSON JP, KBE and Sybil May MILBANK, was born in 1905. He died in 1905.
12. Geraldine Edith Mary WILSON, daughter of Lieut Col Sir Murrough John WILSON JP, KBE and Sybil May MILBANK, was born on 19 December 1905. She married John Erskine Scott WALFORD on 19 August 1933.
John Erskine Scott WALFORD died on 22 August 1961. He and Geraldine Edith Mary WILSON had the following children:
| 27 | Davinia Margaret WALFORD (1934- ). Davinia was born on 10 October 1934. |
| 28 | Pamela Mary WALFORD (1941- ). Pamela was born on 2 January 1941. She married Patrick Guy BROOKING on 11 April 1964. |
13. Gerald Richard Powlett WILSON, son of Lieut Col Sir Murrough John WILSON JP, KBE and Sybil May MILBANK, was born in 1912. He married Ursula Mary DRAKE in 1936.
Ursula Mary DRAKE and Gerald Richard Powlett WILSON had the following children:
| 29 | Caroline May WILSON (1937- ). Caroline was born on 18 September 1937. She married Michael John Christie ANSTICE on 11 July 1959. |
| 30 | Sara Penelope WILSON (1940- ). Sara was born on 1 March 1940. |
| 31 | Richard Murrough WILSON (1945- ). Richard was born on 12 February 1945. |
| 32 | Anne Ursula WILSON (1948- ). Anne was born on 16 February 1948. |
14. Pamela WILSON, daughter of Lieut Col Sir Murrough John WILSON JP, KBE and Sybil May MILBANK, was born on 21 March 1915. She married Peter WRIGHTSON on 31 August 1946. She died on 3 August 1999.
Peter WRIGHTSON OBE was born on 20 February 1914. He died on 27 August 1995. He and Pamela WILSON had the following children:
| 33 | Joanna Mary WRIGHTSON (1947- ). Joanna was born on 11 September 1947. She married Peter Jonathan HOWARD on 9 August 1969. |
| 34 | Susan Jennifer WRIGHTSON (1948- ). Susan was born on 27 December 1948. She married Montague William STYLE on 18 July 1970. |
| 35 | Simon Murrough WRIGHTSON (1954- ). Simon was born on 7 September 1954. He married Elizabeth Yvonne MICHELIN in 1975. |
15. Major Sir Mark Vane MILBANK 4th Baronet, son of Sir Frederick Richard MILBANK JP, 3rd Baronet and Harriet Anne Dorothy WILSON, was born on 11 January 1907. He married Angela Isabel Nellie NEVILL on 20 October 1930. He married Verena Aileen MAXWELL on 12 February 1938. He died in 1984.
Angela Isabel Nellie NEVILL was the daughter of Guy Temple Montacute LARNACH-NEVILL ( - ) and Isabel Nellie LARNACH ( - ).
Verena Aileen MAXWELL was the daughter of Sir Arthur Kenlis MAXWELL ( - ) and Aileen Selina COOTE ( - ). She and Mark Vane MILBANK had the following children:
| 36 | Anthony Frederick MILBANK (1939-2016). Anthony was born on 16 August 1939. He died in 2016. |
| 37 | Arthur John MILBANK (1940- ). Arthur was born on 2 December 1940. |
16. Major John Gerald Frederick MILBANK, son of Sir Frederick Richard MILBANK JP, 3rd Baronet and Harriet Anne Dorothy WILSON, was born on 17 April 1909.
17. Denis William Powlett MILBANK, son of Sir Frederick Richard MILBANK JP, 3rd Baronet and Harriet Anne Dorothy WILSON, was born on 6 July 1912.
18. Geoffrey Norman WILSON, son of Lieutenant Colonel Denis Daly WILSON MC and Mary Henrietta FRANKS, was born on 23 October 1912.
19. John Denis WILSON, son of Lieutenant Colonel Denis Daly WILSON MC and Mary Henrietta FRANKS, was born on 21 October 1915.
20. Sylvia Mary WILSON, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Denis Daly WILSON MC and Mary Henrietta FRANKS, was born on 28 October 1915.
21. Dorothy Jean HOTHAM, daughter of John Beaumont HOTHAM BA (Cantab) and Gladys Mary WILSON, was born on 12 August 1907.
22. Margaret HOTHAM, daughter of John Beaumont HOTHAM BA (Cantab) and Gladys Mary WILSON, was born on 14 August 1909.
23. Anne HOTHAM, daughter of John Beaumont HOTHAM BA (Cantab) and Gladys Mary WILSON, was born on 27 September 1913. She married Anthony Gardner BAZLEY on 9 February 1934. She married Francis Philip HOWARD on 1 July 1944.
Anthony Gardner BAZLEY, son of Gardner Sebastian BAZLEY (1863- ) and Ruth Evelyn HOWARD ( - ), was born on 4 June 1911. He died on 23 May 1937. He and Anne HOTHAM had the following children:
| 38 | Juliet Anne BAZLEY (1935-1943). Juliet was born on 7 July 1935. She died on 2 January 1943. |
| 39 | Susan Antonia BAZLEY (1937- ). Susan was born on 5 May 1937. She married Peter Humphrey Alexander VAN OSS on 14 June 1958. She married William J VICARY on 11 December 1970. |
Captain Francis Philip HOWARD, son of Sir Esme William HOWARD ( - ) and Isabella Giovanna Teresa Gioachina GIUSTINIANII-BANDINI ( - ), had the title '2nd Baron Howard of Penrith'. He and Anne HOTHAM had the following children:
| 40 | Philip Esme HOWARD (1945- ). Philip was born on 1 May 1945. He had the title '3rd Baron Howard of Penrith'. |
| 41 | Michael Edmund HOWARD (1947- ). Michael was born on 19 April 1947. |
| 42 | David Francis HOWARD (1949- ). David was born on 20 May 1949. |
| 43 | William John HOWARD (1953- ). William was born on 30 May 1953. |
24. Priscilla Mary RAMSDEN, daughter of Lt-Col Edward RAMSDEN MC, JP and Geraldine WILSON, was born in 1926. She married Richard Aubrey Garmondsway HAGGIE.
Richard Aubrey Garmondsway HAGGIE, son of David Aubrey HAGGIE (1881- ), was a Naval Officer. He died on 21 June 2010. He and Priscilla Mary RAMSDEN had the following children:
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| 47 | Amanda HAGGIE ( -2002). Amanda died in 2002. |