Background
Wilson, Charles Rivers was born in 1831. Son of Melvil Wilson and Louisa, daughter of Major-General Sir Benjamin Stephenson, Knight Grand Cross of Hanover.
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Charles Rivers Wilson
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Education
Eton; Balliol College Oxford " (Bachelor of Arts 1853).
Career
Entered Treasury, 1850. Comp- ( troller-General of National Dvbt Office, 1874-1894. Finance Minister, Egypt, 1877-1879.
Medjidie, 1st I class.
President Grand Trunk Railway, Canada, since 1895. On Council Suez Canal Company 1870-1895. Cartulary-register 1895.
Membership
Clubs: Arthur’s, Saint James’s, Marlborough, Garrick.
