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See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
WILSON, See also:SIR See also:ROBERT See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1777—1849) , See also:British See also:general, was a son of the painter See also:Benjamin Wilson (1721-1788), and obtained a See also:commission in the 15th See also:light dragoons in 1794, taking See also:part in the famous See also:charge at Villers-en-Cauchics. He was one of eight See also:officers who received the See also:emperor's See also:commemoration See also:medal (of which only nine were struck), the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of Maria See also:Theresa and the dignity of Freiherr of the See also:Empire. In the See also:campaigns of See also:Tourcoing and Tournay and in the See also:retreat through See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, Wilson repeatedly distinguished himself. In 1796 he became See also:captain by See also:purchase, in 1798 he served as a
See also:brigade-See also:major during the suppression of the Irish See also:Rebellion, and in 1799 was with the 15th in the See also:Helder.expedition. Having in 'Soo See also:purchased a See also:majority in a See also:regiment serving in the Mediterranean he was sent on a military See also:mission to See also:Vienna in that See also:year, but returned to take part in the See also:battle of See also:Alexandria. In 1802 he published an See also:account of the expedition to See also:Egypt, which was shortly afterwards translated into See also:French, and created a considerable impression by its strictures -upon French officers' barbarity. Wilson shortly afterwards produced a See also:translation of General See also:Regnier's See also:work on the same See also:campaign, with comments. Shortly afterwards Wilson published a work on the defects of the British See also:army See also:system which is remembered as the first protest against flogging. In 1804 he bought the colonelcy of the 19th light dragoons, in 1805 exchanged into the loth, and in 18o6 served with the loth in the Cape of See also:Good See also:Hope expedition. In 1807 he was employed as military attache of a mission to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Prussia, and so was See also:present at See also:Eylau, See also:Heilsberg and See also:Friedland, of which battles he published an account in 181o. Returning to See also:England with despatches from St See also:Petersburg he reached See also:London before the See also:Russian See also:declaration of See also:war and so gave the See also:admiralty twenty-four See also:hours' start in the operation at See also:sea. In the See also:early part of the See also:Peninsular War Wilson raised and commanded the Lusitanian See also:Legion, an irregular Portuguese See also:corps which did good service in 18o8 and 1809 and formed the starting-point of the new Portuguese army organized by See also:Beresford in 181o. His services were rewarded by See also:knighthood, a colonelcy in the British army and the Portuguese order of the See also:Tower and See also:Sword. In 1811, with the See also:rank of brigadier-general, he went to See also:Turkey, and in 1812 he travelled thence to See also:Russia, where he was attached to Kutuzov's headquarters during the pursuit of the retreating French, being present at Malo-Jaroslavietz, See also:Vyazma and Krasnoye. His account of the campaign, published in 186o, is one of the most valuable See also:works on these events. He continued to serve with the Russian army during 1813 and distinguished himself at See also:Lutzen and See also:Bautzen, the emperor See also:Alexander decorating him with the knighthood of the St See also:George order on the battlefield. He was promoted major-general in the British army about the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. He was at See also:Dresden, See also:Kulm and See also:Leipzig, and distinguished himself at the last See also:great battle so much that See also:Schwarzenberg See also:writing to the British See also:ambassador at Vienna attributed to Wilson's skill a large part in the successful issue of the battle. But his services in the counsels of the See also:Allies were still more important on account of the confidence reposed in him personally by the allied sovereigns. But Castlereagh, treating Wilson as a See also:political opponent, removed him to the See also:minor See also:theatre of See also:Italy, in spite of the protests of the British ambassador. With the See also:Austrian Army of Italy he served through the campaign of 1814. In 1816 after See also:Waterloo he contrived the See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape of one of See also:Napoleon's supporters, condemned to See also:death by the Restoration See also:government, and was imprisoned for three months with his comrade in this See also:adventure, Captain Hely-See also:Hutchinson -(3rd See also:earl of Donoughmore), and censured by the See also:commander-in-See also:chief in a general order. In 1817 he published The Military and Political See also:Power of Russia, in 1818 he became member of See also:parliament for See also:Southwark and in 1821 he interposed between the See also:mob and the troops on the occasion of See also:Queen See also:Caroline's funeral, for which his political opponents secured his dismissal from the army, without See also:compensation for the See also:price of his commissions. He took an active part in politics on the opposition See also:side, and also spent some time in See also:Spain during the See also:wars of 1822-23. On the See also:accession of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William IV., his political services in the formation of the See also:Canning See also:ministry of 1827 were rewarded by reinstatement in the army with the rank of See also:lieutenant-general. But, disapproving of the Reform See also:bill, he resigned his See also:place in the See also:Commons. He was promoted general in 184r and appointed See also:governor of See also:Gibraltar in 1842. He died in London on the 9th of May 1849.
Besides the works mentioned above, Wilson See also:left a See also:diary of his travels and experiences in 1812-1814, published in 1861, and an incomplete autobiography, published two years later.
End of Article: WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
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