Samuel Herbert Wilson

Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson GCMG KCB KBE (31 October 1873 – 5 August 1950) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1921 and 1924. He did much to popularise football, offering a Wilson Cup for football.[1]

Wilson was born in Dublin in 1873, the son of Dr. James Wilson. After attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he entered the Royal Engineers in 1893. He married Marie Ada Garbarino Gervers, daughter of Francis Theodore Gervers. His sister-in-law Theodora Chevalier Gervers CBE married Sir Albert Hastings Markham.[2][3]

References
  1. Anthony, Michael (2001). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London. ISBN 0-8108-3173-2.
  2. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2950.
  3. "Obituary: Sir Samuel Wilson". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 7 August 1950. p. 6.
Government offices
Preceded by
John Robert Chancellor		 Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
1922–1924		 Succeeded by
Horace Archer Byatt
Preceded by
Herbert Bryan, acting		 Governor of Jamaica
1924–1925		 Succeeded by
Sir Herbert Bryan, acting
Preceded by
Sir James Masterton-Smith		 Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
1925–1933		 Succeeded by
Sir John Maffey


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