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

  1. ^ Anthony, Michael (2001). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London. ISBN 0-8108-3173-2.
  2. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2950.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Sir Samuel Wilson". The Times. 7 August 1950. p. 6.

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Government offices Preceded byJohn Robert Chancellor Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1922–1924 Succeeded byHorace Archer Byatt Preceded byHerbert Bryan, acting Governor of Jamaica 1924–1925 Succeeded bySir Herbert Bryan, acting Preceded bySir James Masterton-Smith Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1925–1933 Succeeded bySir John Maffey


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