Background
Wilson, John William was born on October 22, 1858 in Edgbaston. Son of late J. E. Wilson, Wyddrington, Edgbaston.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Wilson, John William was born on October 22, 1858 in Edgbaston. Son of late J. E. Wilson, Wyddrington, Edgbaston.
He was educated at Grove House School, Tottenham and in Germany.
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He served as a Justice of the peace in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. He worked for the chemical manufacturers Albright and Wilson Limited of Oldbury. He became a director of the Great Western Railway Company.
He became a director of Bryant and May Limited.
Wilson was elected to Worcestershire County Council, representing the Langley division. He was re-elected unopposed at the 1900 general election.
Some time between then and 1906 he left the Liberal Unionists and joined the Liberal Party, and although he enjoyed no further uncontested elections he was returned to the House of Commons as a Liberal in 1906 and in both the January 1910 and December 1910 elections. He was made a Privy Councillor in July 1911.
When constituencies were revised for the 1918 general election, Wilson was elected for the newly created Stourbridge division of Worcestershire.
Wilson did not stand for Parliament again. Electoral record.
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