Henry Wilson, 10th Baron Berners
Henry Wilson, 10th Baron Berners was an English reverend and peer.
Early life
Wilson was born on 1 October 1762. He was the son of Mary Wilson and Henry William Wilson of Didlington Hall and Ashwellthorpe Hall. Among his siblings were elder brother, Robert Wilson, 9th Baron Berners, and sister, Mary Wilson. His younger brother, Rev. George Wilson, was the father of Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet.His paternal grandparents were Henry Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson. His maternal grandparents were Sir John Miller, 4th Baronet, and the former Susan Combe.
He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in 1785 and a M.A. in 1789.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14, volume II, pps. 156–158.
Career
From 1789 to 1845, he served as Rector of Allexton, Leicestershire, as well as Rector at Kirby Cane, Norfolk, between 1820 and 1851.Upon the death of his elder brother on 25 March 1838, he succeeded as the 10th Baron Berners.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 162. His portrait was painted in 1841 by Robert Scott Tait. Today, it is owned by the National Trust and held at Sheringham Park.
Personal life
On 1 May 1788 Wilson married Elizabeth Sumpter, daughter of Thomas Sumpter of Histon Hall, Cambridgeshire. Together, they were the parents of: they built Sheringham Hall.- Hon. Elizabeth Wilson, who married Rev. William Chester, son of Charles Chester and Catherine Legge, in 1810.
- Anne Wilson, who died in infancy.
- Hon. Mary Wilson, who died unmarried.
- Henry William Wilson, 11th Baron Berners, who married his cousin Mary Letitia Crump, daughter of Col. George Crump, in 1823. After her death, he married Hon. Henrietta Charlotte Cholmondeley, daughter of Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere, in 1857.
- Hon. Anne Wilson, who married Rev. John Munnings Johnson in 1833.
- Hon. Robert Wilson, a Reverend who served as Rector of Ashwellthorpe; he married Emma Anne Pigott, daughter of William Pigott, in 1826. After her death, he married his cousin Harriet Sheppard, daughter of Col. George Crump, in 1832.