Biography of Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme 1833-1907

Paternal Family Tree: Wilson of Nunburnholme

Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme was appointed Deputy Lieutenant East Riding of Yorkshire.

Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme was appointed Justice of the Peace East Riding of Yorkshire.

On 22nd April 1833 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme was born to [his father] Thomas Wilson (age 41).

On 21st June 1869 [his father] Thomas Wilson (age 77) died.

In 1870 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 36) was appointed Sheriff of Hull.

On 5th October 1871 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 38) and Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 18) were married.

On 4th December 1872 [his daughter] Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson Countess Cowley was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 39) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 19). She married (1) 10th June 1895 Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp 5th Baronet, son of John William Cradock-Hartopp 4th Baronet and Charlotte Frances Howard Lady Cradock-Hartopp (2) 14th December 1905 her third cousin Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley 3rd Earl Cowley, son of William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley and Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley, and had issue.

In 1874 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 40) was elected MP Kingston upon Hull.

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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On 24th January 1875 [his son] Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson 2nd Baron Nunburnholme was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 41) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 22). He married 12th February 1901 Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carington Baroness Willoughby of Parham, daughter of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire and Cecilia Margaret Harbord Marchioness, and had issue.

On 19th May 1877 [his son] Guy Greville Wilson was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 44) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 24). He married (1) 23rd June 1904 Isabel Innes-Kerr, daughter of James Henry Robert Innes-Kerr 7th Duke Roxburghe and Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill Duchess Roxburghe (2) 22nd May 1911 Avery Buxton and had issue.

On 10th September 1878 [his daughter] Enid Edith Wilson Countess Chesterfield was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 45) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 25). She married 15th February 1900 Edwyn Scudamore Stanhope 10th Earl of Chesterfield, son of Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore Stanhope 9th Earl of Chesterfield and Dorothea Hay Countess Chesterfield.

In 1880 [his daughter] Joan Evelyn Jane Wilson was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 46) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 27).

In 1881 [his daughter] Gwladys Alice Wilson Viscountess Chaplin was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 47) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 28). She married 3rd August 1905 Eric Chaplin 2nd Viscount Chaplin, son of Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin and Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower, and had issue.

In 1885 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 51) was elected MP Kingston upon Hull.

On 31st January 1885 [his son] Gerald Valerian Wilson was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 51) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 32).

On 10th June 1895 [his son-in-law] Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp 5th Baronet (age 37) and [his daughter] Millicent Wilson (age 22) were married. She by marriage Lady Cradock-Hartopp.

On 15th February 1900 [his son-in-law] Edwyn Scudamore Stanhope 10th Earl of Chesterfield (age 45) and [his daughter] Enid Edith Wilson Countess Chesterfield (age 21) were married at St Mark's Church North Audley Street. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. They initially lived at Holme Lacy House, Herefordshire [Map]. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore Stanhope 9th Earl of Chesterfield and Dorothea Hay Countess Chesterfield (age 72).

Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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On 12th February 1901 [his son] Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson 2nd Baron Nunburnholme (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carington Baroness Willoughby of Parham (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (age 57) and Cecilia Margaret Harbord Marchioness (age 44).

In 1902 [his son-in-law] Edwyn Scudamore Stanhope 10th Earl of Chesterfield (age 47) sold the contents of Holme Lacy House, Herefordshire [Map]. He and his wife moved to Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire which had been given to them as a wedding present by her father Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 68).

On 23rd June 1904 [his son] Guy Greville Wilson (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Isabel Innes-Kerr (age 25) were married. She the daughter of James Henry Robert Innes-Kerr 7th Duke Roxburghe and Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill Duchess Roxburghe (age 49).

On 3rd August 1905 [his son-in-law] Eric Chaplin 2nd Viscount Chaplin (age 27) and [his daughter] Gwladys Alice Wilson Viscountess Chaplin (age 24) were married at Warter Hall aka Priory [Map].

On 14th December 1905 [his son-in-law] Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley 3rd Earl Cowley (age 39) and [his daughter] Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson Countess Cowley (age 33) were married at Colombo, Sri Lanka. She by marriage Countess Cowley. He the son of William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley and Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley (age 66). They were third cousins.

On 16th January 1906 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 72) was created 1st Baron Nunburnholme. [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 53) by marriage Baroness Nunburnholme.

After 1907. St James' Church Warter [Map]. Monument to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 73). Sculpted by George Frampton (age 46).

On 28th October 1907 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 74) died. His son Charles (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baron Nunburnholme. [his daughter-in-law] Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carington Baroness Willoughby of Parham (age 27) by marriage Baroness Willoughby Parham.

On 8th December 1932 [his former wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 79) died.

Ancestors of Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme 1833-1907

GrandFather: David Wilson

Father: Thomas Wilson

Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme