Mathew Wilson

Sir Mathew Wilson byAlbert Bruce-Joy,Skipton

Sir Mathew Wilson, 1st BaronetDL(29 August 1802 – 18 January 1891) was an English landowner andLiberalpolitician who sat in theHouse of Commonsat various times between 1842 and 1886.

Wilson was the son of Mathew Wilson, a solicitor ofEshton Halland his wife Mary Clive Wilson. His father and mother were first cousins. He was educated atHarrow SchoolandBrasenose College, Oxford.He became aJ.P.at the age of 22, and became the longest serving magistrate in Skipton's history at the time of his death aged 88.

Wilson was elected in 1841 as Member of Parliament forClitheroebut was unseated in 1842. He stood again in 1847 and regained Clitheroe, but after the 1852 election was unseated again in 1853. Notwithstanding incidents of electoral malpractice, he was created abaroneton 28 February 1874and later that year was elected as MP forWest Riding of Yorkshire North.He held the seat until it was split up under theRedistribution of Seats Act 1885.In the 1885 general election, he was then elected forSkiptonwhich he held until his defeat in 1886.He also becameDeputy Lieutenantand Chairman of theBoard of Guardians.

He married, June Louisa Emerson Amcotts, only daughter ofSir Wharton Emerson Amcotts, Bart,of Kettlethorpe Park, Lincolnshire, on 15 June 1826. They had a son Mathew (1827–1909) who succeeded to the baronetcy. She died in 1833 and many years later Wilson married Frances Pedler. His son Mathew married Gratiana Mary Thomas, daughter of AdmiralRichard Darton Thomas(1777–1857).

Wilson died at Brighton aged 88.

External links

• Hansard1803–2005:contributions in Parliament by Sir Mathew Wilson