Arthur Stanley Wilson (1868-1938)

"Jack" Arthur S. Wilson M.P., of Raywell House & Tranby Croft, Yorkshire

He was elected Conservative M.P. for Holderness in 1900 and held the seat until 1922. During World War I, he was captured while acting as a Foreign Service Messenger and was imprisoned by the Germans from December 1915 to July 1917. He married Alice, daughter of Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Bt., of East Sutton, Kent. They had two sons, the elder took the name Wilson-Filmer and the younger Filmer-Wilson.

Parents

Arthur Wilson

Deputy Chairman of the Wilson Shipping Line, Hull; High Sheriff of Yorkshire

1836-1909

Mary (Smith) Wilson

Mrs Mary Emma (Smith) Wilson

1843-1927

Spouse

Alice (Filmer) Wilson

Mrs "Queenie" Alice Cecile Agnes (Filmer) Wilson

1869-1939

Children

Arthur Thomas Wilson-Filmer

A. "Tommy" Wilson-Filmer, of Rowley, Little Weighton, Kingston-upon-Hull

1895-1968

Robert Filmer Wilson

Lt. "Robin" Wilson, died of wounds in Italy during World War II

1903-1944

Associated Houses

Tranby Croft

Kingston-upon-Hull

17 Grosvenor Place

London SW1X

Villa Maryland

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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