Background
The son of James Wilson, solicitor, Glasgow, and Margaret Young, he was educated at the High School of Glasgow and Glasgow University.
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Henry Stephen
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University of Glasgow.
Career
He joined the Army in 1939 and served with the Highland Light Infantry and Royal Armoured Corps during World World War World War II He was called to the Scottish Bar in 1946 and served as an Advocate Depute from 1948-1951 and as Sheriff-substitute at Greenock from 1955-1956 and in Glasgow from 1956-1965. He took silk in 1965. He was unsuccessful Labour candidate for Dumfriesshire in 1950 and 1955 and for Edinburgh West in 1951.
He remained a Labour supporter for many years until the advent of the Social Democratic Party. He was Solicitor General for Scotland from 1965-1967 and Lord Advocate from 1967-1970.
He was Director of the Scottish Courts Administration from 1971-1974 and Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, 1975-1977. He joined the Social Democratic Party from 1981-1992 and sat in the House of Lords as a cross-bencher.
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1967 and created a life peer on 3 March 1969 with the title Baron Wilson of Langside, of Broughton in the County of the City of Edinburgh.
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Political Party
Labour Party