John Skinner Wilson (other)
John Skinner Wilson is the name of: * John Skinner Wilson (Provost) (1849–1926), Anglican priest * John Skinner Wilson (rugby union) (1884–1916), Scotland rugby player * J. S. Wilson (1888–1969), Colonel John Skinner "Belge" Wilson, Scottish Scouting luminary and friend of General Baden-Powell See also *John Wilson (other) John Wilson may refer to: Academics * John Wilson (mathematician) (1741–1793), English mathematician and judge * John Wilson (historian) (1799–1870), author of ''Our Israelitish Origin'' (1840), a founding text of British Israelism * John Wil ...

John Skinner Wilson (Provost)
John Skinner Wilson (5 January 1849, Fyvie – 11 November 1926, Strathtay) was an eminent Episcopalian minister in the first quarter of the twentieth century. John Skinner Wilson was born in 1849 and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1873 and was Rector of St George's, Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ..."Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark after which he was appointed Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh in 1897, a post he held until he died on 11 November 1926. References 1849 births 1926 deaths People educated at Glenalmond College Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Provosts of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopa ...
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John Skinner Wilson (rugby Union)
Lieutenant-Commander John Skinner Wilson (10 March 1884 – 31 May 1916) was a Trinidad-born rugby player, who represented , United Services RFC and London Scottish FC. He enrolled in the Royal Navy in 1898. He was killed in World War I in the Battle of Jutland, serving as Lieutenant-Commander aboard . He is remembered on panel 10 at the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Early life John Skinner Wilson was born on 10 March 1884 to Colonel Sir David Wilson and Nora Kate in Trinidad, where his father was subintendant of Crown Lands. From 1897 to 1904, his father was Governor and Commander in Chief of British Honduras. John had two brothers: the elder, Major Harry Stuart Wilson (born 1883), passed out of Sandhurst in 1902, and was killed in action on 9 September 1916 on the Western Front serving as Commanding Officer with the Royal Munster Fusiliers; his younger brother, Eric Ronald Wilson, survived the War as a captain in the Black Watch, and earned the Military Cross. Wilson signed up ...
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