Background
WILSON, Roland Knyvet was born on August 27, 1840 in Swatfham, Norfolk. 2nd son of late Rear - Admiral George Kny vet Wilson and Agnes Mary, youngest daughter of Reverend William Yonge, vicar of Swaffham. Succeeded uncle 1874.
WILSON, Roland Knyvet was born on August 27, 1840 in Swatfham, Norfolk. 2nd son of late Rear - Admiral George Kny vet Wilson and Agnes Mary, youngest daughter of Reverend William Yonge, vicar of Swaffham. Succeeded uncle 1874.
Eton (King’s Scholar). King’s College Cambridge. Craven University Scholar, 1861.
Senior Classic, 1863. Master of Arts; Master of Laws Of Cambridge University.
Late Fellow of King’s College Cambridge Barrister 1867. Reporter for the Weekly Reporter and Law Journal. 1867-1871; classical and historical lecturer for Mr. Walter Wren (afterwards Wren and Gurney), 1871-1877S. Reader in Indian Law to the University of Cambridge, 1878-1892. Pres, of the National Dwellings Society Ltd. 2nd Baronet, cartulary-register 1857; Justice of the Peace for Richmond.
Club: National Liberal.
Heir: Adm. Sir A. K. Wilson.