Henry William Wilson, 11th Baron Berners, (23 February 1797 – 27 June 1871) was an English peer and agriculturalist.

Early life

Wilson was born on 23 February 1797. He was the eldest son of Henry Wilson, 10th Baron Berners and the former Elizabeth Sumpter. Among his siblings were Hon. Charlotte Wilson (wife of Abbot Upcher; they built

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), and Hon. Elizabeth Wilson (wife of the Rev. William Chester, a grandson of Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet and great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Dartmouth). His paternal grandparents were Mary ( Miller) Wilson and Henry William Wilson of Didlington Hall and Ashwellthorpe Hall. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Sumpter of Histon Hall, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at Eton before attending

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.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant'', new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.:

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, 2000), volume II, pps. 156–158.

Career

He served as

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, and Norfolk and was Deputy Lieutenant of

. He served as President of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1858 and served as Constable of

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. On 26 February 1851, he succeeded his father as the 11th Baron Berners. Lord Berners lived at Keythorpe Hall in Leicestershire and at Ashwellthorpe Hall in Norfolk.

Personal life

On 24 February 1823, he married his first cousin, Mary Letitia Crump (1800–1856), a daughter of Col. George Crump and Mary ( Wilson) Crump. Her sister Harriet married Henry's younger brother, the Rev. Robert Wilson, the Rector of Ashwellthorpe. After her death on 30 September 1856, he married Hon. Henrietta Charlotte Cholmondeley (1823–1874), a daughter of

Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere (; 9 August 1767 – 30 October 1855), was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

, and the former Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn (a daughter of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet), on 21 July 1857 at Vale Royal,

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. Lord Berners died on 27 June 1871 at age 74, without issue, and was succeeded by his niece, Harriett Tyrwhitt. His widow, Lady Berners, died on 13 August 1874.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 356.

References

External links

Henry William Wilson; 1797-1871; 11th Baron Berners
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