Wilson, Capt

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Capt  Wilson 27.2.1803 at H Tooke's, & return with him

There were certainly plenty of Captains called Wilson in the Army List, then there was the Royal Navy, The East India Company and even merchant ships so this one off could be many people. Robert Thomas Wilson DNB 1777-1849 who was son of the artist Benjamin Wilson DNB 1721-1788 and whose older sister Frances had married Horne Tooke's friend William Bosville might have been a good guess except that he was already a Major by 1800 and was knighted in 1802. Lestock Wilson (see Wilson, Mrs) was a captain for the EIC not known as a radical but a man of independent mind. One entry in DNB was Captain Wilson at this time James Wilson DNB 1780-1847 captain 1801, major 1811 but the DNB article says nothing about his family or politics. See work notes below

 

Work notes
Capt Thomas Wilson Wapping subscr 1793 to History of Dahomy / Capt James Wilson Craven St Strand subscr 1800 to novel by Catherine Harris / Holdens 1811 Capt Wilson 5 New Surrey St Blackfriars Rd, Capt John Wilson Denmark Hill, Camberwell