Samuel Herbert Wilson

Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1921 and 1924. He did much to popularise football, offering a Wilson Cup for football.
Wilson was born in Dublin in 1873, the son of Dr. James Wilson. After attending the Royal [Military Academy, Woolwich], he entered the Royal Engineers in 1893. He married Marie Ada Garbarino Gervers, daughter of Francis Theodore Gervers. His sister-in-law Theodora Chevalier Gervers married Sir Albert [Hastings Markham].