Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme

Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme

Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme, CB, DSO, (24 January 1875 – 15 August 1924), was a British peer, and one of the heirs to the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., a Hull-based shipping company that built a near-monopoly over affordable travel packages from Scandinavia and the Baltic.[1]

He was the eldest son of Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907), who with his brother Arthur were joint managers of the firm founded by their father Thomas. The company had been managed by a non-family managing director since 1901, and was sold in 1916.

Wilson was elected at the 1906 general election as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Hull West, succeeding his father who had held the seat since 1885. Charles Sr was ennobled as Baron Nunburnholme when he left the House of Commons. When he died in 1907, Charles jr. inherited the Barony, after only a year in the House of Commons.

After serving in the South African War, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1901.[2] He was Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1908 to 1924.

He married in 1901 Lady Marjorie Wynn-Carrington[3], DStJ, eldest daughter of the Marquess of Lincolnshire; she died 17 June 1968. They had three children: Charles, David and Monica. Hon David Wilson served as a Pilot Officer in the RAFVR who was killed in action 23 March 1941 and their only daughter, Monica, who married Edward, Earl Winterton, died 17 June 1968. Their eldest son became, upon his death, Charles John Wilson, 3rd Baron Nunburnholme.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hull in print: Human traffic
  2. ^ London Gazette Issue 27359 published on the 27 September 1901. Page 42 of 92
  3. ^ www.stanford.edu

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Henry Wilson
Member of Parliament for Hull West
1906–1907
Succeeded by
Guy Greville Wilson
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Lord Herries
Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire
1908–1924
Succeeded by
The Lord Deramore
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Henry Wilson
Baron Nunburnholme
1907–1924
Succeeded by
Charles John Wilson

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