Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme, CB, DSO, (24 January 1875 – 15 August 1924), was a British peer, and one of the heirs to the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., a Hull-based shipping company that built a near-monopoly over affordable travel packages from Scandinavia and the Baltic.He was the eldest son of Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907), who with his brother Arthur were joint managers of the firm founded by their father Thomas. The company had been managed by a non-family managing director since 1901, and was sold in 1916.Wilson was elected at the 1906 general election as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Hull West, succeeding his father who had held the seat since 1885. Charles Sr was ennobled as Baron Nunburnholme when he left the House of Commons. When he died in 1907, Charles jr. inherited the Barony, after only a year in the House of Commons.After serving in the South African War, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1901. He was Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1908 to 1924.He married in 1901 Lady Marjorie Wynn-Carrington, DStJ, eldest daughter of the Marquess of Lincolnshire; she died 17 June 1968. They had three children: Charles, David and Monica. Hon David Wilson served as a Pilot Officer in the RAFVR who was killed in action 23 March 1941 and their only daughter, Monica, who married Edward, Earl Winterton, died 17 June 1968. Their eldest son became, upon his death, Charles John Wilson, 3rd Baron Nunburnholme.. }
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- Charles_Wilson,_2nd_Baron_Nunburnholme abstract "Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme, CB, DSO, (24 January 1875 – 15 August 1924), was a British peer, and one of the heirs to the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., a Hull-based shipping company that built a near-monopoly over affordable travel packages from Scandinavia and the Baltic.He was the eldest son of Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907), who with his brother Arthur were joint managers of the firm founded by their father Thomas. The company had been managed by a non-family managing director since 1901, and was sold in 1916.Wilson was elected at the 1906 general election as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Hull West, succeeding his father who had held the seat since 1885. Charles Sr was ennobled as Baron Nunburnholme when he left the House of Commons. When he died in 1907, Charles jr. inherited the Barony, after only a year in the House of Commons.After serving in the South African War, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1901. He was Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1908 to 1924.He married in 1901 Lady Marjorie Wynn-Carrington, DStJ, eldest daughter of the Marquess of Lincolnshire; she died 17 June 1968. They had three children: Charles, David and Monica. Hon David Wilson served as a Pilot Officer in the RAFVR who was killed in action 23 March 1941 and their only daughter, Monica, who married Edward, Earl Winterton, died 17 June 1968. Their eldest son became, upon his death, Charles John Wilson, 3rd Baron Nunburnholme.".