John William Wilson

Who was John William Wilson?

John William Wilson, PC was a British politician who served for 27 years as a Member of Parliament, initially as Liberal Unionist and then as a Liberal.

Wilson was elected at the 1895 general election as MP for the Northern division of Worcestershire, replacing Sir Benjamin Hingley, who had not stood again after being elected in 1885 as a Liberal, joining the Liberal Unionists in 1886 and then switching back again before his re-election in 1892. Wilson, who had been elected in 1895 without a Conservative opponent, was re-elected unopposed at the 1900 general election. Some time between then and 1906 he left the Liberal Unionists and joined the Liberal Party, and although he enjoyed no further uncontested elections he was returned to the House of Commons as a Liberal in 1906 and in both the January 1910 and December 1910 elections. He was made a Privy Councillor in July 1911.

When constituencies were revised for the 1918 general election, Wilson was elected for the newly created Stourbridge division of Worcestershire.