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1907 Kingston Upon Hull West By-election
The 1907 Kingston upon Hull West by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England for the House of Commons constituency of Kingston upon Hull West on 11 November 1907. The seat had been held for the Liberal Party by members of the Wilson family since its creation in 1885, and the by-election was won by the Liberal candidate Guy Greville Wilson, who was the brother of the outgoing Member of Parliament (MP). Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the sitting MP Charles Wilson succeeded to his father's peerage as the 2nd Baron Nunburnholme. He had held the seat for less than two years, having been elected at the 1906 general election after the retirement from the Commons of his father Charles Henry Wilson, who had held the seat since 1885. Candidates Three candidates contested the seat. The Liberal candidate Guy Greville Wilson DSO, was a former officer in the British Army, and a director of the family shipping company Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. The Conservati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Greville Wilson
Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Greville Wilson, (19 May 1877 – 1 February 1943) was a British soldier, company director, and Liberal Party politician from Kingston upon Hull. His family owned Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., which was once the largest private shipowning concern in the world.L. P. Sidney"Wilson, Charles Henry, first Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907)" rev. Arthur G. Credland, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006. Accessed 22 July 2010 Family and military service Wilson was the second son of Charles Henry Wilson (later the first Baron Nunburnholme) and his wife Florence Jane Helen Wellesley. He was educated at Eton, and in February 1895 he was commissioned in the Militia as a second lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment. He transferred to the Regular British Army in the 11th Hussars on 11 May 1898, and served in South Africa with this regiment during the Second Boer War, during which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
