Wilson, Frederick William was born on March 26, 1844 in Seaming, Norfolk. 2nd son of William Wilson, Manor House, Seaming, a Liberal tenant farmer, and one of the founders and directors of the Norfolk News, which for many years led the Reform party in Norfolk.
Studied at Wymondham Grammar School. Called up as a volunteer to defend Chester Castle against the Fenians in 1866. 29 years after, meeting one of the attacking party as a colleague in the House of Commons.
Indentured to Mr.
J. H. Tillett, editor of Norfolk News and Member of Parliament for Norwich, 1868-1880.
He was a farmer of his own land in Norfolk. He was indentured to J. H. Tillett, editor of the Norfolk News and Member of Parliament for Norwich, 1868-1880. He subsequently was assistant to Sir Edward Russell on the Liverpool Daily Post.
He founded the East Anglian Daily Times in 1874.
He was President of the Newspaper Society of the United Kingdom in 1894, and President of the Institute of Journalists in 1907. He was a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk.
Doctor of Laws for Norfolk. He sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Norfolk Mid from 1895-1806.
He first stood unsuccessfully in April 1895 before gaining the seat in July 1895;
In 1897 session he rode in the Parliamentary steeplechase, and played chess for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom against the United States House of Representatives. He was one of the founders of the Norfolk Small Holdings Association, and took great interest in all movements calculated to keep the villager in the village.
He retired at the General Election of January 1906. He did not stand for parliament again.
Liberal.
He was called up as a volunteer to defend Chester Castle against the Fenians in 1866, 29 years after, meeting one of the attacking party as a colleague in the House of Commons.
27th United Kingdom Parliament.
Spouse 1870, Mary Elizabeth,daughter of Edward Capps of Forest Hill, an early currency reformer, and winner of the 300-guinea prize offered by the Society of Arts for the best essay on the National Debt.
