Sir James Glenny Wilson (probably on 29 November 1849 – 3 May 1929) was a New Zealand politician and farmer.

Biography

Originally from

Hawick Hawick ( ; sco, Haaick; gd, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east of Selkirk. It is one of ...

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in Scotland, Wilson was educated at

Bruce Castle School Bruce Castle School, at Bruce Castle, Tottenham, was a progressive school for boys established in 1827 as an extension of Rowland Hill's Hazelwood School at Edgbaston. It closed in 1891. Origins In 1819, Rowland Hill moved his father's Hill To ...

, in

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, and then at the Edinburgh Institution. He emigrated to

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in 1870 and worked on a sheep run. He met his future wife,

Annie Adams Asaneth Ann Adams Kiskadden (November 9, 1848 – March 17, 1916), credited as Annie Adams, was an American actress. Early and personal life Adams was the daughter of Julia Ann ( Banker) and Barnabas Lothrop Adams. In 1869, she married James ...

, at the

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. She was born in 1848 at

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. He went to New Zealand in January 1873 and purchased a large block of rough land in an area between what is now Bulls and Sanson in the Rangitikei district. Once established, he returned to Australia and married Annie Adams near

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. Wilson represented Foxton in the

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& 10th Parliaments (1881–1890), then

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

in the 11th Parliament (1890–1893), and then Otaki in the 12th Parliament (1893–1896), after which retired. The in the electorate was contested by six candidates, and he beat

Charles Beard Izard Charles Beard Izard (4 December 1829 – 23 October 1904) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament and lawyer in Wellington, New Zealand. Biography Early life Izard was born in Brighton, England, and educated at King's College London and Magdale ...

Walter Buller Sir Walter Lawry Buller (9 October 1838 – 19 July 1906) was a New Zealand lawyer and naturalist who was a dominant figure in New Zealand ornithology. His book, ''A History of the Birds of New Zealand'', first published in 1873, was publishe ...

George Warren Russell George Warren Russell (24 February 1854 – 28 June 1937) was a New Zealand politician from Christchurch. He served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Public Health in the wartime National government, and was responsible for the N ...

, Alfred Newman, and W. France. Wilson was

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in 1915, and died at Bulls on 3 May 1929. He was the first president (1902–1920) of the Farmer's Union, now

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Ormond Wilson George Hamish Ormond Wilson (18 November 1907 – 17 April 1988) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament representing the Labour Party, farmer, author and Chairman of the Historic Places Trust. He donated 30 acres of bush and his homestead to t ...

was his grandson. His Uncle was the MP

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, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, founder of ''

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'', and the chartered banks of India, Australia, and China.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, James 1849 births 1929 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand farmers Scottish emigrants to New Zealand People educated at Bruce Castle School People from Hawick People educated at Stewart's Melville College New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates New Zealand Knights Bachelor New Zealand politicians awarded knighthoods Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century New Zealand politicians