Charles William Wilson ( 1836 - 1905 )

Birth: Liverpool, England (14 March 1836) Death: Tunbridge Wells, Kent (25 October 1905) Burial: Tunbridge Wells Education: Liverpool; Bonn Career: Entered the Army, in the Royal Engineers (1855); survey work in Canada; surveyed Palestine (1864-1865); served with the Ordnance Survey, Scotland (1866-1868); Director of the Topographical and Statistical Department, War Office (c 1869); Head of Ordnance Survey, Ireland (1876-1886); British Military Consul General, Anatolia (1879-1882); Chief of Intelligence Department, Nile Expedition (1884); Director General, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (1886-1893); Director General of Military Education, War Office (1892-1893); died after an operation Honours: CB 1877; KCMG 1881; KCB 1885 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 4/06/1874.