Robert Nichol Wilson, known as R. N. Wilson, was a unionist

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. Wilson studied at

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and served in the

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during

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. After the war, he became a director of a textile company and joined the

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. He was elected in the

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in Mid Antrim, holding the seat until he retired in 1953 without ever facing an opponent. From 1948 to 1950, he was the Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
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