Henry Wilson, 11th Baron Berners
Henry William Wilson, 11th Baron Berners, was an English peer and agriculturalist.
Early life
Wilson was born on 23 February 1797. He was the eldest son of Henry Wilson, 10th Baron Berners and the former Elizabeth Sumpter. Among his siblings were Hon. Charlotte Wilson, and Hon. Elizabeth Wilson.His paternal grandparents were Mary Wilson and Henry William Wilson of Didlington Hall and Ashwellthorpe Hall. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Sumpter of Histon Hall, Cambridgeshire.
He was educated at Eton before attending Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Career
He served as Justice of the Peace for Rutland, Leicestershire, and Norfolk and was Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire. He served as President of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1858 and served as Constable of Leicester Castle.On 26 February 1851, he succeeded his father as the 11th Baron Berners. Lord Berners lived at Keythorpe Hall in Leicestershire and at Ashwellthorpe Hall in Norfolk.
Personal life
On 24 February 1823, he married his first cousin, Mary Letitia Crump, a daughter of Col. George Crump and Mary Crump. Her sister Harriet married Henry's younger brother, the Rev. Robert Wilson, the Rector of Ashwellthorpe.After her death on 30 September 1856, he married Hon. Henrietta Charlotte Cholmondeley, a daughter of Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere, and the former Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn, on 21 July 1857 at Vale Royal, Cheshire.
Lord Berners died on 27 June 1871 at age 74, without issue, and was succeeded by his niece, Harriett Tyrwhitt. His widow, Lady Berners, died on 13 August 1874.