Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson GCMG KCB KBE (31 October 1873 – 5 August 1950) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1921 and 1924. He did much to popularise football, offering a Wilson Cup for football.[1]
Wilson was born in Dublin in 1873, the son of Dr. James Wilson. After attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he entered the Royal Engineers in 1893. He married Marie Ada Garbarino Gervers, daughter of Francis Theodore Gervers. His sister-in-law Theodora Chevalier Gervers CBE married Sir Albert Hastings Markham.[2][3]
References
- ^ Anthony, Michael (2001). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London. ISBN 0-8108-3173-2.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2950.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Samuel Wilson". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 7 August 1950. p. 6.
External links
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.
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| Preceded by John Robert Chancellor | Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1922–1924 | Succeeded by Horace Archer Byatt |
| Preceded by Herbert Bryan, acting | Governor of Jamaica 1924–1925 | Succeeded by Sir Herbert Bryan, acting |
| Preceded by Sir James Masterton-Smith | Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1925–1933 | Succeeded by Sir John Maffey |