Image: Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833-1907)
Description: Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833-1907), 1880-1890. A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, standing with a gun under his right arm, his left hand resting on a stone balustrade on which sits his grey hat. He is balding with side whiskers and moustache, dressed in a dark brown jacket, light brown trousers, white shirt and brown tie. Trees in the background on the left, and view of a distant horizon with hills, and cloudy sky on the right. One of the ten richest men in Britain. He owned the Wilson-Ellerker shipping line which traded out of Hull with the Baltic. He built Tranby Croft, an Italian inspired country house, outside Hull. A Member of Parliament and created a peer in 1906. Married Florence Wellesley who gave Beningbrough Hall (which she bought in 1917/18) to her son-in-law and daughter, 10th Earl and Countess of Chesterfield.
Title: Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833-1907) title QS:P1476,en:"Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833-1907) " label QS:Len,"Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833-1907) "
Credit: National trust collection
Author: Edward Hughes
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License: Public domain
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