David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn
The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 27th Governor of Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 9 April 1987 – 3 July 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Secretary | Sir David Ford | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Edward Youde | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Chris Patten | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 11 April 2010 – 20 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | George Reid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Lord Selkirk of Douglas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 3 September 2008 – 4 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Michael Atiyah | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Arbuthnott | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the House of Lords | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Life peerage 14 February 1992 – 12 February 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | David Clive Wilson 14 February 1935 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Natasha Helen Mary Alexander
(m. 1967) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2, including Peter Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Trinity College, Glenalmond | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Profession | Colonial administrator, diplomat, sinologist | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 衛奕信 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 卫奕信 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (Chinese: 衛奕信, born 14 February 1935) is a retired British administrator, diplomat and Sinologist. He was the penultimate Commander-in-Chief and 27th Governor of Hong Kong (from 1987 to 1992). He served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the British Monarch's representative to the Assembly, in 2010 and 2011. He is also one of two living former governors of Hong Kong, alongside Chris Patten. He retired from the House of Lords on 12 February 2021 after sitting as a crossbencher for more than 28 years.