Robert Nichol Wilson, known as R. N. Wilson, was a unionist

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. Wilson studied at

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and served in the

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during

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. After the war, he became a director of a textile company and joined the

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. He was elected in the

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in Mid Antrim, holding the seat until he retired in 1953 without ever facing an opponent. From 1948 to 1950, he was the Chairman of Ways and Means and

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.Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
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Year of birth missing Possibly living people People educated at Malvern College Royal Artillery soldiers Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1945–1949 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1949–1953 Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Antrim constituencies {{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub