Sir John Cracroft Wilson CB KCSI

Sir John Cracroft Wilson CB KCSI (21 May 1808 – 2 March 1881), also known as Nabob Wilson, was a British-educated civil servant in India, farmer and politician in New Zealand.

Children: 8 (Laura, William, Emma, Frederick, Constance, Alexander, Laura & Walter) from first marriage

Relations: Logan Campbell (son-in-law), Mary Grigg, (great-granddaughter) Politician and community leader.

Read about the Cracroft Wilsons and the Old Stone House at Cashmere

Sources

Tessa Kristiansen. 'Wilson, John Cracroft', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated May, 2002. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, (accessed 20 May 2018)

'WILSON, Sir John Cracroft, K.C.S.I., C.B.', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand (accessed 20 May 2018)

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