See also

Rev. the Hon. Henry O'BRIEN ( - )

1. Rev. the Hon. Henry O'BRIEN, son of unk UNK ( - ), married Unk UNK.

 

Unk UNK and Henry O'BRIEN had the following children:

 

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Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN (c. 1852- )

Second Generation

2. Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN, daughter of Rev. the Hon. Henry O'BRIEN and Unk UNK, was born circa 1852 in Ireland. She married John Gerald WILSON on 4 June 1873.

 

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 died on 8 March 1902. He and Angelina Rosa Geraldine O'BRIEN had the following children:

 

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Richard Bassett WILSON (1874-1900)

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Murrough John WILSON (1875- )

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Harriet Anne Dorothy WILSON (1876- )

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Denis Daly WILSON (1878- )

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Gladys Mary WILSON (1880- )

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Frank O'Brien WILSON (1883-1962)

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Gerald Geoffry WILSON (1884-1896)

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Geraldine WILSON (1888- )

Third Generation

3. 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.

 

4. 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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Kathleen May WILSON (1900-1984). Kathleen was born on 19 August 1900. She married Harold Boscawen LEVESON-GOWER on 11 June 1930. She died in 1984.

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John WILSON (1905-1905). John was born in 1905. He died in 1905.

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Geraldine Edith Mary WILSON (1905- ). Geraldine was born on 19 December 1905. She married John Erskine Scott WALFORD on 19 August 1933.

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Gerald Richard Powlett WILSON (1912- ). Gerald was born in 1912. He married Ursula Mary DRAKE in 1936.

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Pamela WILSON (1915-1999). Pamela was born on 21 March 1915. She married Peter WRIGHTSON on 31 August 1946. She died on 3 August 1999.

 

5. 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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Mark Vane MILBANK (1907-1984). Mark 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.

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John Gerald Frederick MILBANK (1909- ). John was born on 17 April 1909.

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Denis William Powlett MILBANK (1912- ). Denis was born on 6 July 1912.

 

6. 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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Geoffrey Norman WILSON (1912- ). Geoffrey was born on 23 October 1912.

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John Denis WILSON (1915- ). John was born on 21 October 1915.

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Sylvia Mary WILSON (1915- ). Sylvia was born on 28 October 1915.

 

7. 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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Dorothy Jean HOTHAM (1907- ). Dorothy was born on 12 August 1907.

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Margaret HOTHAM (1909- ). Margaret was born on 14 August 1909.

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Anne HOTHAM (1913- ). Anne was born on 27 September 1913. She married Anthony Gardner BAZLEY on 9 February 1934. She married Francis Philip HOWARD on 1 July 1944.

 

8. 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.

 

9. 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.

 

10. 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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Priscilla Mary RAMSDEN (1926- ). Priscilla was born in 1926.