Giffin Wilson

Giffin Wilson (1766–1848) was an English barrister, judge and politician.[1]

He was the eldest son of Edward Wilson, rector of Binfield, Berkshire and tutor of William Pitt the Younger, and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1782. He was called to the bar in 1789, and became a commissioner of bankrupts in 1793.[1]

Wilson became a Member of Parliament in 1808, for Great Yarmouth, as a government supporter. He was defeated there in 1812, his patron Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield having died. He later become vice-chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster, and then vice-chancellor of Chester. He continued his career as a Master in Chancery.[1]

Wilson died on 4 August 1848.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wilson, Giffin (1766–1848), of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx. and Everley Lodge, Herts., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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