Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme

Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (22 April 1833 – 21 October 1907), was a prominent English shipowner who became head of the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. shipping business.

Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme
Born
Charles Henry Wilson

(1833-04-22)22 April 1833
Died21 October 1907(1907-10-21) (aged 74)
Warter, Pocklington,
East Riding of Yorkshire

Together with his brother he expanded the activities of the company, into one of the largest in Britain. He also served as Liberal MP for Hull for thirty years, and in 1906 received the title Baron Nunburnholme.

Life
Charles Wilson c1895

Charles was the eldest son of Thomas Wilson, the head of Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., a Hull shipping company founded in the Swedish ore trade. He was educated at Kingston College in Hull, along with his brother Arthur, before eventually joining the family business, where they both became joint managers in 1867.[1]

Under the brother's management the shipping company rapidly expanded adding Adriatic, Sicilian, American and Indian services to the pre-existing Norwegian and Baltic trade. In 1891 the company became a private limited company, with capital of £2.5 million, and expanded with the acquisition of Bailey and Leetham (Hull) in 1903; and the shipping interests of the North Eastern Railway in 1908. Wilson was also became chairman of Earle's Shipbuilding, the United Shipping Company and the Hull Steam Fish and Ice Company.[2]

"Hull". Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1885.

Wilson served as High Sheriff of Hull, and from 1874 to 1905 he was Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hull constituency, from 1885 representing Hull West. Although opposed to the Boer War, he lent the company's finest vessel, Ariosto, at the government's disposal.[2]

He was given the Freedom of the City of Hull in 1899, and in 1906 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Nunburnholme, of the City of Kingston upon Hull.[3][4]

Lord Nunburnholme died at his residence, Warter Priory, Warter, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, on 21 October 1907 and was buried on 31 October. His eldest son Charles, who had succeeded him as MP for Hull West, inherited the Barony.[5]

Family

Wilson married Florence Jane Helen Wellesley (1853–1932), a daughter of Col. William Henry Charles Wellesley, nephew of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. They had seven children.[2]

Issue
Life spanMarriage(s)Notes
by Florence Jane Helen Wellesley
Hon. Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson1872–1952Married, firstly, Charles Cradock-Hartopp, 5th Baronet, son of John Cradock-Hartopp, 4th Baronet, and Charlotte Howard; no issue. They divorced in 1905.
Married, secondly, Henry Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley, son of William Wellesley, 2nd Earl Cowley, and Emily Williams; had issue. They divorced in 1913.
Married, thirdly, Major Grey Duberly, son of William Duberly and the Hon. Rosa Sandys; no issue.Major Duberly was killed in action in World War I in 1915.
Hon. Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson1875–1924Married Lady Marjorie Wynn-Carington, daughter of Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Earl Carrington, and the Hon. Cecilia Harbord; had issue.
Colonel Hon. Guy Greville Wilson1877–1943Married, firstly, Lady Isabel Innes-Ker, daughter of James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe, and Lady Anne Spencer-Churchill.Lady Isabel died in childbirth in 1905, the year after their marriage.
Married, secondly, Avery Buxton, daughter of Lt.Col. Geoffrey Buxton and Mary Harbord; had issue.
Hon. Enid Edith Wilson1878–1957Married Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield, son of Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield, and Dorothea Hay; no issue.
Hon. Joan Evelyn Jane Wilson1880–1960Married Guy Fairfax, son of Lt.Col. Thomas Fairfax and Evelyn Milner; had issue.
Hon. Gwladys Alice Gertrude Wilson1881–1971Married Hon. Eric Chaplin, son of Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin, and Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, and later 2nd Viscount Chaplin; had issue.
Hon. Gerald Valerian Wilson1885–1908
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References
  1. Sidney & Credland 2004, ¶ 1–2.
  2. Sidney & Credland 2004, ¶ 2.
  3. London Gazette, 6 February 1906, p. 869
  4. Sidney & Credland 2004, ¶ 3.
  5. Sidney & Credland 2004, ¶ 4.

Sources
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Joseph Walker Pease
Charles Morgan Norwood		 Member of Parliament for Hull
1874–1885
With: Charles Morgan Norwood		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Hull West
1885–1906		 Succeeded by
Hon. Charles Wilson
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Nunburnholme
1906–1907		 Succeeded by
Charles Wilson

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