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Mss Eur F764

Record Id:: 032-004546016
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-004546016
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F764
Title:: Papers of the Wilson Family
Scope & Content:: Correspondence, military and official papers, photographs and printed material tracing the Wilson family's connection with India over four generations.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Tree:: [{ "id" : "032-004546016", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F764: Papers of the Wilson Family" },{ "id" : "036-004566141", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/1: Pedigrees" },{ "id" : "040-004566158", "parent" : "036-004566141", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/1/1: Genealogies of the Blair, Thomson, Bainbridge, Daniell and Wilson families" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566160", "parent" : "036-004566141", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/1/2: Papers relating to the Wilson pedigree from 1250 to 1737" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566142", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/2: Papers relating to the early history of the Wilson Family" },{ "id" : "040-004566215", "parent" : "036-004566142", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/2/1: Letter from John Henry Wilson to his son William Henry Wilson regarding the family crest, and notes by William Henry Wilson on the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566216", "parent" : "036-004566142", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/2/2: Printed sources relating to the early history of the Wilson family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566217", "parent" : "036-004566142", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/2/3: Papers relating to the Baronetcy of East Bourne" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566218", "parent" : "036-004566142", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/2/4: Printed sources relating to Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566219", "parent" : "036-004566142", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/2/5: Papers relating to the record of service of General Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson (1726-1798)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566220", "parent" : "036-004566142", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/2/6: Photographs of Compton Place and Sussex memorials" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566143", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/3: Thomas Henry Wilson (1757-1834), Commander, Royal Navy" },{ "id" : "040-004566176", "parent" : "036-004566143", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/3/1: Note written by John Henry Wilson on the career of his father, Thomas Henry Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566177", "parent" : "036-004566143", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/3/2: Papers relating to the naval career of Thomas Henry Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566179", "parent" : "036-004566143", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/3/3: Papers relating to the family of Thomas Henry Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566182", "parent" : "036-004566143", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/3/4: Correspondence regarding Colonel John Bainbridge Wilson's research into the Canadian connection of Thomas Henry Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566183", "parent" : "036-004566143", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/3/5: Framed photograph of a miniature of Thomas Henry Wilson aged 27 years" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566144", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4: John Henry Wilson (1797-1875), Indian Navy 1812-1838" },{ "id" : "040-004566250", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/1: Papers relating to the naval career of John Henry Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566252", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/2: Letters to John Henry Wilson from his parents" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566253", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/3: Correspondence with J H Wilson regarding his retirement and subsequent request for a testimonial of fitness" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566254", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/4: Correspondence and papers regarding John Henry Wilson's command of the steam ship Hugh Lindsay" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566255", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/5: Papers relating to New Zealand" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566257", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/6: Papers relating to steam navigation" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566267", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/7: Publications relating to steam communication between India and England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566269", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/8: Papers relating to the 'Waghorn Monument', a statue to Thomas Fletcher Waghorn installed at Suez by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1869" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566270", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/9: Papers of John Henry Wilson and Charlotte Wilson (nee Stable)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566272", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/10: 'What and How of the Eternal Plan. The Work and the Plan? Whereof man learns progressively; as science reveals the true…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566274", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/11: Miscellaneous papers relating to John Henry Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566275", "parent" : "036-004566144", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/4/12: Photographs of John Henry Wilson and his family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566145", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/5: Arthur Robert Wilson (1830-1904), Major, Staff Corps, 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry" },{ "id" : "040-004566163", "parent" : "036-004566145", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/5/1: Papers relating to Major Arthur Robert Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566146", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/6: Lindsay Wilson (1833-1870), Indian Navy 1849-1863" },{ "id" : "040-004566172", "parent" : "036-004566146", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/6/1: Papers relating to Lindsay Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566173", "parent" : "036-004566146", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/6/2: Portrait painting of Lindsay Wilson (seated, in uniform)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566175", "parent" : "036-004566146", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/6/3: Photographs of Lindsay Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566147", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/7: William Henry Wilson (born 1839), Bombay Staff Corps, Indian Army 1856-1893" },{ "id" : "040-004566290", "parent" : "036-004566147", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/7/1: Papers relating to the service history of William Henry Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566291", "parent" : "036-004566147", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/7/2: Official correspondence relating to William Henry Wilson's career" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566292", "parent" : "036-004566147", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/7/3: Correspondence regarding the Wilson Crest and Coat of Arms, the purchase of miniatures of General Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, and a…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566293", "parent" : "036-004566147", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/7/4: Family papers and correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566294", "parent" : "036-004566147", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/7/5: Family Bible" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566295", "parent" : "036-004566147", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/7/6: Photographs of William Henry Wilson and his family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566296", "parent" : "036-004566147", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/7/7: Photograph of William Henry Wilson, aged 17, in a travel case; and a brass plaque present to Wilson by Sardar Mir Abdul Ali Khan…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566297", "parent" : "036-004566147", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/7/8: Illuminated scroll in praise of the merits benevolence and bravery of Colonel W H Wilson, Commissioner of Police, Bombay" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566148", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/8: Sidney Wilson (1841-1915), Indian Navy 1858-1863" },{ "id" : "040-004566168", "parent" : "036-004566148", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/8/1: Papers relating to Sidney Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566170", "parent" : "036-004566148", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/8/2: Photographs of Sidney Wilson and his family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566150", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/9: Alfred Sidney Wilson (1877-1917), partner in the firm of Shanghai lawyers Messrs Platt, McLeod & Wilson" },{ "id" : "040-004566167", "parent" : "036-004566150", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/9/1: Papers relating to Alfred Sidney Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566151", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10: Gerald Sidney Wilson (1880-1960), Indian Police" },{ "id" : "040-004566301", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/1: Papers relating to Gerald Sidney Wilson and his wife Ellinor Wilson (nee Thomson)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566304", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/2: Letters, with sketches by Alan Beeton [Alan Edmund Beeton (1880-1942), artist] of life at Horton Hall School, Northamptonshire" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566305", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/3: Papers relating to the career of Gerald Sidney Wilson in the Indian Police" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566307", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/4: Scrapbook of cuttings from Indian newspapers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566309", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/5: Cuttings from Indian newspapers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566310", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/6: Scrapbook of cuttings from British newspapers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566311", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/7: The Bombay Congress Bulletin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566312", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/8: Congress 'Boycott' stamps" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566313", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/9: Account by Gerald Sidney Wilson of the arrest of Gandhi on the 4th January 1932" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566315", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/10: Annual Police Report of the Bombay Presidency excluding Sind for the year 1932" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566316", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/11: The Bombay Civil List" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566317", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/12: Bombay City Police" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566318", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/13: Photographs of the Indian Police" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566319", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/14: Papers relating to the award of the Star of India (CSI) to Gerald Sidney Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566320", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/15: Photographs of Gerald Sidney Wilson and his family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566321", "parent" : "036-004566151", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/10/16: Miscellaneous papers relating to Gerald Sidney Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004566152", "parent" : "032-004546016", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/11: Other Wilson Family Papers" },{ "id" : "040-004566153", "parent" : "036-004566152", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/11/1: The Wilson Family from 1757" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566154", "parent" : "036-004566152", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/11/2: Papers on the Maryon-Wilson Estates, and a notes giving an overview of significant dates in the history of the Wilson family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004566156", "parent" : "036-004566152", "text" : "Mss Eur F764/11/3: Photograph of a female member of the Wilson family in a travel case" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-004546016
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Contains:: Mss Eur F764/1 : Pedigrees
Mss Eur F764/2 : Papers relating to the early history of the Wilson Family
Mss Eur F764/3 : Thomas Henry Wilson (1757-1834), Commander, Royal Navy
Mss Eur F764/4 : John Henry Wilson (1797-1875), Indian Navy 1812-1838
Mss Eur F764/5 : Arthur Robert Wilson (1830-1904), Major, Staff Corps, 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
Mss Eur F764/6 : Lindsay Wilson (1833-1870), Indian Navy 1849-1863
Mss Eur F764/7 : William Henry Wilson (born 1839), Bombay Staff Corps, Indian Army 1856-1893
Mss Eur F764/8 : Sidney Wilson (1841-1915), Indian Navy 1858-1863
Mss Eur F764/9 : Alfred Sidney Wilson (1877-1917), partner in the firm of Shanghai lawyers Messrs Platt, McLeod & Wilson
Mss Eur F764/10 : Gerald Sidney Wilson (1880-1960), Indian Police
Mss Eur F764/11 : Other Wilson Family Papers

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Record Type (Level):: Fonds
Extent:: 8 boxes
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1800
End Date:: 2006
Date Range:: 1800-2006
Era:: CE
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Source of Acquisition:: Donated by David Wilson and Henry Wilson, 4th July 2023.
Arrangement:: The papers were originally organised into sections or 'Annexes' by Colonel John Bainbridge Wilson, with each section having a number. The British Library catalogue has largely retained this order, and the section numbers have been recorded as former external references. See Mss Eur F764/11/1 for the original list of annexes. Annex 11 was retained by the Wilson family.
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)