Samuel Herbert Wilson

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]

Arms

Coat of arms of Samuel Herbert Wilson
Notes Granted by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, 16th March 1937. Crest A demi-lion rampant Gules charged with a fleur-de-lus Or. Escutcheon Argent a chevron between three mullets Gules on a canton Pean a buck's head couped Proper charged with three bendlets Or. Motto Semper Vigilans^[4]

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. 7 August 1950. p. 6.
^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. P". National Library of Ireland. p. 119. Retrieved 1 December 2024.

External links

"Wilson, Brig.-Gen. Sir Samuel Herbert" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 262 – via Wikisource.

Government offices
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

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[1] Anthony, Michael (2001). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London. ISBN 0-8108-3173-2.

[burkewwii-2] Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2950.

[times-3] "Obituary: Sir Samuel Wilson". The Times. 7 August 1950. p. 6.

[4] "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. P". National Library of Ireland. p. 119. Retrieved 1 December 2024.

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