Background
Wilson, Joseph Robert was born on September 6, 1866 in Liverpool, England. Son of Joseph and Mary Amanda Victoria (Hawkes) Wilson.
Wilson, Joseph Robert was born on September 6, 1866 in Liverpool, England. Son of Joseph and Mary Amanda Victoria (Hawkes) Wilson.
Alsopps’ Preparatory School, Hoylake, Cheshire, England. Liverpool Institute; Doctor Steele’s Strathallan Hall, Douglas, Isle of Man. University of Sydney, New South Wales, 1884.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1902.
In engineering business with Thomas Shaw, prior to admission to bar, 1902. Since practiced at Philadelphia First Lieutenant, New South Wales V Infantry, 1885. Trustee American Oncologic Hospital Chairman Legal Advisory Board for the Selective Service, 20th Division, Philadelphia, 1917-1918.
Special Registrar for Selective Service, University of Pennsylvania, 1917-1918. Special counsel Ordnance Department, Philadelphia, and military director for Manayunk and Roxborough District, Philadelphia, 1917-1918. Chairman War Savings Division Treasury Department, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, 1919.
Director education and social economy, Sesquicentennial International Exposition, 1925-1926. Officer Order of White Lion (Czechoslovakia), 1929. Commander Royal Order Isabel la Catolica (Spain), 1930.
Commander Royal Order Crown of Italy, 1931.
Member American Academy Political and Social Science, Trans-Atlantic Society America (governor 1909-1921), History Society Pennsylvania, American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Law Academy, Philadelphia, Law Alumni Society University of Pennsylvania (board of managers 1906-1916), Miller Law. Member Harvard Yale and Columbia Chapters). Member Rice Leaders of the World, 1930.
Clubs: Lawyers, Cosmopolitan, University of Pennsylvania, National Sojourners (president Philadelphia Chapter 1935-1936), Church.
Married to Cora Irene Shaw, Philadelphia, May 14, 1890 (deceased 1951). Children: Mary Michelet (Mistress P. E. Dieperveen, Rotterdam, Holland), John Hawkes, Sydney Violet (Mistress Francis Thibault Boyd), Cora B. H. (Mistress Horace T. Greenwood, Junior.