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Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO, (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was a British Army officer and Irish Unionist politician. He was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of World War I and played an important role in Anglo-French military relations both before and during the war. His only experience of field command was as a corps commander in 1916. Later in the war he was military advisor to the British prime minister, serving as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (professional head of the Army) in the last year of the war. Wilson had been involved in the Curragh Incident in 1914 and after the formation of Northern Ireland, he became security advisor to the Northern Ireland government.

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  • Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet
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  • Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO, (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was a British Army officer and Irish Unionist politician. He was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of World War I and played an important role in Anglo-French military relations both before and during the war. His only experience of field command was as a corps commander in 1916. Later in the war he was military advisor to the British prime minister, serving as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (professional head of the Army) in the last year of the war. Wilson had been involved in the Curragh Incident in 1914 and after the formation of Northern Ireland, he became security advisor to the Northern Ireland government.
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  • 1882(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1864-05-05(xsd:date)
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  • 23(xsd:integer)
death place
  • London, England
Name
  • Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Bt
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  • Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet
Birth Place
  • County Longford, Ireland
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Awards
  • GCB; DSO; Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur; Grand Officier of the Order of Leopold; Belgian Croix de guerre; Chinese Order of Chia-Ha, 1st Class "Ta-Shou Pao-Kuang"; American Distinguished Service Medal; Siamese Order of the White Elephant, first class; Grand Cordon with flowers of the Paulownia of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun; Grand Cross of the Greek Order of the Redeemer
death date
  • 1922-06-22(xsd:date)
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  • 1907(xsd:integer)
  • 1917(xsd:integer)
  • 1918(xsd:integer)
  • 1922(xsd:integer)
  • August 1910–August 1914
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  • Politician
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  • Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO, (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was a British Army officer and Irish Unionist politician. He was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of World War I and played an important role in Anglo-French military relations both before and during the war. His only experience of field command was as a corps commander in 1916. Later in the war he was military advisor to the British prime minister, serving as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (professional head of the Army) in the last year of the war. Wilson had been involved in the Curragh Incident in 1914 and after the formation of Northern Ireland, he became security advisor to the Northern Ireland government. After briefly serving as a Member of Parliament, Wilson was assassinated by two IRA gunmen in 1922 whilst returning home from unveiling a war memorial at Liverpool Street station.
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