Leslie Orme Wilson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Sir Leslie Wilson GCMG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DSO |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| In office 10 December 1923 – 20 March 1926 |
|
| Monarch | King George V |
|---|---|
| Preceded by | Sir George Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Sir Frederick Sykes |
|
|
|
| In office 13 June 1932 – 23 April 1946 |
|
| Monarch | King George V King Edward VIII King George VI |
| Preceded by | Sir John Goodwin |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Lavarack |
|
|
|
| Born | August 1, 1876 London, England, UK |
| Died | September 29, 1955 (aged 79) Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK |
| Nationality |  British |
| Spouse | Winifred May Smith |
Sir Leslie Orme Wilson GCMG GCSI GCIE PC DSO (1 August 1876 – 29 September 1955), was a British soldier, Conservative politician and governor in Australia.
Wilson was the son of Henry Wilson, a stockbroker, and his wife Ada Alexandrina (née Orme), and was educated at St Michael's School, Westgate, and St Paul's School, London. He was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry and served in the Second Boer War, where he was wounded, mentioned in despatches and awarded the Queen's Medal with five clasps and the Distinguished Service Order. In 1901 he achieved the rank of Captain. In 1913 Wilson was returned to Parliament for Reading, a seat he held until 1922. During the First World War he commanded the Hawke Battalion of the Royal Naval Division with the rank of temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Marines and fought at Gallipoli, where he was again mentioned in despatches, and in France, where he was severely wounded.
In 1919 Wilson was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping in the coalition government headed by David Lloyd George, a position he held until the Ministry of Shipping was abolished in 1921, and then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1921 to 1922. In the general election of the latter year, he was chosen as the representative for Portsmouth South. He was again Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1922 to 1923 under Andrew Bonar Law and later Stanley Baldwin, and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1922. In July 1923 he resigned from this position and his seat in the House of Commons on his appointment as Governor of Bombay. Wilson remained in Bombay until 1928. In 1932 he was made Governor of Queensland, a post he held until 1946, one of the longest gubernatorial tenures in British history. He was appointed a CMG in 1916, a GCIE in 1923, a GCSI in 1929 and a GCMG in 1937.
Wilson married Winifred May, daughter of Charles Smith, of Sydney, Australia, in 1909. They had one son and one daughter. He died after a road accident in September 1955, aged 79.
[edit] References
[edit] External link
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Rufus Isaacs |
Member of Parliament for Reading 1913 – 1922 |
Succeeded by Edward Cadogan |
| Preceded by Herbert Cayzer |
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South 1922 – 1923 |
Succeeded by Herbert Cayzer |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Leo Chiozza Money |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping 1919 – 1921 |
Succeeded by Office abolished |
| Preceded by Lord Edmund Talbot Frederick Edward Guest |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury jointly with Charles McCurdy 1921 – 1922 1921 – 1923 |
Succeeded by Bolton Eyres-Monsell |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir George Lloyd |
Governor of Bombay 1923 – 1928 |
Succeeded by Sir Frederick Sykes |
| Preceded by Sir John Goodwin |
Governor of Queensland 1932 – 1946 |
Succeeded by Sir John Lavarack |
|
|||||
