Wilson, Sir Charles (1836-1905)

One letter from Wilson, at the Ordnance Survey Office, to Sclater congratulating him on the success of his boy in the examinations. Stamped received by the Zoological Society 31 Dec 1883.

[1883]

1 letter

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Major-General Sir Charles William Wilson KCB KCMG FRS DCL LLD ME. In the 1860s was a member of the Palestine Exploration Fund, took part in the Ordnance Survey of Palestine, Scotland and the Sinai. Awarded the Diploma of the International Geographical Congress in 1871. In the 1870s he was elected to the Council of the Society of British Archaeology and became a Fellow of the Royal Society. On returning to England he became Director of the Topographical Department at the War Office and Assistant Quartermaster-General in the Intelligence Department. In 1876 he received a C.B. (civil) for the organisation of the Department. He then had charge of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland and also served on the Royal Commission for the Registration of Deeds and Insurances in Ireland in 1878. Later in1878, he was appointed British Commissioner on the Serbian Boundary Commission. From 1879 to 1882, he served as Consul-General in Anatolia and travelled extensively in the remoter districts of Turkey. In the summer of 1882 he took part in Sir Garnet Wolseley's expedition to Egypt to suppress the rebellion of Col. Arabi. In 1884, Wilson was Chief of the Intelligence Department on Wolseley's expedition to relieve Gordon at Khartoum. On his return to Britain, Wilson was appointed Director of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland and was Director-General of the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom from 1886 to 1894. From 1895 until his retirement in 1898 he was Director-General of Military Education.