Wilson baronets of Eshton Hall (1874)

The Wilson baronetcy, of Eshton Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 March 1874 for the Liberal politician Mathew Wilson. He represented Clitheroe, West Riding of Yorkshire North and Skipton in the House of Commons.

The 4th Baronet sat as Unionist Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green South West from 1914 to 1922. The 6th Baronet, Tony Wilson, was a brigadier of the British Army, commanding the 5th Infantry Brigade in the Falklands War of 1982. He lived in the United States and published travel books. He died in 2019 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son.

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