Murrough John Wilson
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Murrough John Wilson KBE |
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Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom |
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In office 14 December 1918 – 30 May 1929 |
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| Preceded by | The Hon. William Orde-Powlett |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Dugdale |
| Constituency | Richmond (Yorks) |
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| Born | 14 September 1875 Cliffe Hall, North Riding of Yorkshire |
| Died | 20 April 1946 (aged 70) Cliffe Hall, North Riding of Yorkshire |
| Political party | Unionist |
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 United Kingdom
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British Army Territorial Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1918 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Murrough John Wilson KBE (14 September 1875 – 20 April 1946) was a British Army officer, member of parliament, and railway executive. He served as the Unionist MP for Richmond (Yorkshire) from 1918 to 1929.
Wilson was born at Cliffe Hall, his father's property on the southern bank of the River Tees (lying west of Darlington, County Durham, in what is now the district of Richmondshire, North Yorkshire). His father, Col. John Gerald Wilson CB, was an officer in the York and Lancaster Regiment, and died of wounds during the Boer War, at Tweebosch. Murrough Wilson was one of seven children, and the second-oldest of four brothers. The oldest brother, Lt. Richard Bassett Wilson, was also killed in the Boer War, at Rustenburg. The third brother, Lt.-Col. Denis Daly Wilson MC, was killed in action in France during the First World War, while the fourth brother, Capt. Sir Frank O'Brien Wilson, was a Royal Navy officer and later a member of the Legislative Council of Kenya. The brothers' nephew through their youngest sister was James Ramsden, a Cabinet member as the final Secretary of State for War.
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