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Wilson, Sir Henry
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Wilson, Sir Henry (1854–1922). Soldier. Wilson was unusual amongst British soldiers in that he was an ardent Francophile and enjoyed the company of politicians. Between 1910 and 1914 he served as the director of military operations at the War Office, preparing plans to send the British army to France in the event of war with Germany. When that war came he served in a variety of liaison posts in France until, in February 1918,
Lloyd George dismissed Sir William Robertson and Wilson succeeded him as chief of the imperial general staff. But soon the prime minister was complaining that his new adviser was as committed to deploying the bulk of the British army on the western front as his predecessor had been. In 1922 Wilson retired from the army and became a Unionist MP for an Ulster seat, only to be murdered on his own doorstep in London by the
IRA.
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Are you taking notes, Henry?(Wilsons Week)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 9/30/2001; 247 words
; Byline: Andrew Wilson AS Henry McLeish toiled through First Minister...out a long quote from last Sunday's Wilson's Week. I'm terribly flattered...answered one wee question straight. Go on Henry, ah go on, go on, go on.
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Henry Wilson's Mischief: Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson's rise to power, 1917-1918.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; Henry Wilson was the most politically adept member of...distrusted by many politicians. The focus of Wilson's politics was the Irish Question - he...Like all soldiers who become generals, Wilson was ambitious. Like most of the generals...
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Broken Glass: Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union.('Henry Wilson and the Coming of the Civil War', 'William Lowndes Yancey and the Coming of the Civil War')(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Early Republic; 12/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Pp. 482. Cloth, $65.00.) Henry Wilson and the Coming of the Civil War...leading Americans--Caleb Cushing, Henry Wilson, and William Lowndes Yancey...New Hampshire farm family in 1812, Henry Wilson experienced a rags-to...
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Maxine Henry-Wilson tames Phillip Paulwell
Newspaper article from: The Weekly Gleaner; 2/24/2005; 533 words
; MAXINE HENRY-WILSON was on Sunday, February 13, returned...SunSpree Resort in Montego Bay. Mrs. Henry-Wilson got 155 votes to Mr. Paulwell...said that the margin of victory for Mrs. Henry-Wilson was "significant and it goes...
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Henry-Wilson gets honorary membership in women's group
Newspaper article from: The Weekly Gleaner; 5/31/2007; ; 542 words
; ...Philadelphia branch. Minister Henry-Wilson was inducted in the association by...Dr. Dia-Taylor said Minister Henry-Wilson is given this honour for...Dr. Dia-Taylor said Minister Henry-Wilson maintains a stellar reputation...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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The Rock who conquered Hollywood; A new play charts the relationship between legendary actor Rock Hudson and his agent Henry Wilson.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 4/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...him - Hollywood agent Henry Wilson - is to be told on the...mind for the monstrous Henry Wilson. Bourne, like...I don't know what Wilson was like and I don't...tried to expose him, Henry spent time covering up...
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Henry Wilson, 77, ran Exxon stations
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 2/20/2004; 430 words
; Henry H. Wilson, 77, of 16 Hoover Road, died Wednesday...after a one-week illness. For 40 years, Wilson was a manager and mechanic for the former...was married 54 years on Dec. 10 to Clara Henry Wilson. Surviving in addition to his wife...
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Green Dreams.(Ernest Henry Wilson)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 2/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; Ernest Henry Wilson endured a broken leg, altitude sickness...was to track down naturalist Augustine Henry, who had spied Davidia and called it so...riots in Mengzi, China, Wilson found Henry and received a hand-drawn map marking...
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SERVANT TO THE WHITE HOUSE HENRY WILSON DEFIED OBLIVION
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/29/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...shoemaker. He changed his name to Henry Wilson, and set about bettering himself...while visiting Washington, D.C., Wilson came upon a slave auction where Negro...as a prerequisite for the vote, Henry Wilson was chosen by President Grant...
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Great-great Uncle Henry. (Lloyd Bentsen's great uncle Henry Wilson) (Beat the Devil) (column)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 7/30/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...today." The man in question was Henry Wilson, who served at the elbow of President...Unlike his great-great nephew, Henry remained a friend to the working...the lesson of Great-Great Uncle Henry is one scarcely appealing to the...
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Henry Wilson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Henry Wilson U.S. Vice President Henry Wilson (1812-1875) was effective in helping to shape the Republican party's antislavery measures and politics. Henry Wilson, born on Feb. 16, 1812, in Farmington, N.H., was...
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Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1st Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1st Baron 1881-1964, British field marshal. He served in the...supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean (1944-45). "Jumbo" Wilson was head of the British joint staff mission in Washington from 1945...
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Wilson, Henry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Wilson, Henry (1864–1934). English architect. He worked in the offices...where curvaceous Gothic forms are used with power and originality. Wilson's chief claim to fame is as an Arts-and-Crafts designer of exquisite...
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Wilson, Sir Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Wilson, Sir Henry (1854–1922). Soldier. Wilson was unusual amongst British soldiers in that he was an...1918, Lloyd George dismissed Sir William Robertson and Wilson succeeded him as chief of the imperial general staff...
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Wilson, Colin (Henry) (1931-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Wilson, Colin (Henry) (1931-) Popular British novelist...he worked on Merlin and Paris Review. Wilson was writer-in-residence at Hollins...his first book The Outsider (1956), Wilson researched at public libraries, slept...
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