Sir James Glenny Wilson (probably on 29 November 1849 – 3 May 1929) was a New Zealand politician and farmer.

Biography

Originally from

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in Scotland, Wilson was educated at Bruce Castle School, in

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, and then at the Edinburgh Institution. He emigrated to Victoria in 1870 and worked on a sheep run. He met his future wife, Annie Adams, at the Melbourne Club. She was born in 1848 at Greenvale, Victoria. He went to New Zealand in January 1873 and purchased a large block of rough land in an area between what is now Bulls and Sanson in the Rangitikei district. Once established, he returned to Australia and married Annie Adams near Skipton, Victoria. Wilson represented Foxton in the

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, 9th & 10th Parliaments (1881–1890), then

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in the 11th Parliament (1890–1893), and then Otaki in the 12th Parliament (1893–1896), after which retired. The in the electorate was contested by six candidates, and he beat Charles Beard Izard, Walter Buller, George Warren Russell, Alfred Newman, and W. France. Wilson was

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in 1915, and died at Bulls on 3 May 1929. He was the first president (1902–1920) of the Farmer's Union, now

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. Ormond Wilson was his grandson. His Uncle was the MP James Wilson, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, founder of ''

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'', and the chartered banks of India, Australia, and China.

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, James 1849 births 1929 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives 19th-century New Zealand farmers Scottish emigrants to New Zealand People educated at Bruce Castle School People from Hawick People educated at Stewart's Melville College New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates New Zealand Knights Bachelor Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century New Zealand politicians

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