Sir John Wilson, 1st Baronet (26 June 1844 – 28 July 1918) was a businessman and

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politician in

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. He was Chairman of the Wilsons and Clyde Coal Company, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Falkirk Burghs from 1895 to 1906. He was made a baronet on 27 July 1906, of Airdrie in New Monkland in the County of Lanark.

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* 1844 births 1918 deaths Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People educated at Airdrie Academy {{Conservative-UK-MP-1840s-stub