Person Open DS/UK/2182 Wilson; Sir; Henry Hughes (1863-1922); 1st Baronet; Irish politician Wilson Henry Hughes Sir 1863-1922 Irish politician Male

Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO, (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was an Anglo-Irish of Ulster Scots ancestry and Irish Unionist politician. He was one of the most senior British Army officers of World War I and played an important role in Anglo-French military relations both before and during the war. Later in the war he was military advisor to the British prime minister, serving as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (professional head of the Army) in the last year of the war. Wilson had been involved in the Curragh Incident in 1914 and after the formation of Northern Ireland, he became security advisor to the Northern Ireland government. After briefly serving as a Member of Parliament, Wilson was assassinated by two IRA gunmen in 1922 whilst returning home from unveiling a war memorial at Liverpool Street station. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 10/3/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 e5b39c20-a832-4e2c-80a6-59ba1050a669