Background
WALLACE, S. Williamson was born in 1855. 3rd son of late Samuel Wallace, Wallace Hall, Dumfriesshire, and Susan, daughter of late James Reid, surgeon, Royal Navy.
WALLACE, S. Williamson was born in 1855. 3rd son of late Samuel Wallace, Wallace Hall, Dumfriesshire, and Susan, daughter of late James Reid, surgeon, Royal Navy.
Studied at Edinburgh University.
Assistant to Professor of Agriculture, Edinburgh University, 18S7. Lecturer at Heriot-Watt College, 188S. Director of Egyptian Government College of Agriculture and experimental station, 1890 (Order of the Medjidieh).
Director of Agriculture for the State of Victoria, 1902-1905, also Acting Conservator of Forests, 1903-1905.
Clubs: Junior Constitutional. Conservative, Edinburgh.