NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wilson, Robert Thomas, Sir, 1777-1849 NRA: Wilson Sir Robert Thomas (1777-1849) Knight General MP Governor of Gibraltar DNB: Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas (1777-1849), army officer and colonial governor LBT ID: RoWilso1849 VIAF ID: 7442416 LOC ID: n86859529 | B/BAP: 1777-08-17 DIED: 1849-05-09 |
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Soldier, author, radical Whig MP for Southwark (1818-31), and diplomat; he wrote History of the British Expedition to Egypt (1802) and was governor
of Gibraltar (1842). | |