James Wilson (UK politician)

James Wilson was born in 1805 in Hawick in the Scottish Borders. He left Scotland and moved to London, England, where he was an opponent of the Corn Laws, and entered the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a Liberal member of the Commons for Westbury, Wiltshire in 1847.

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1805 - Hawick - Scottish Borders - Scotland - London - England - Corn Laws - Parliament of the United Kingdom - Liberal - Commons - Westbury - Wiltshire - 1847

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By the time he had entered the Commons, he had (in 1843) already established The Economist, a publication that is still printed today . He also rose to office as an MP, becoming Financial Secretary to the Treasury, vice-president of the Board of Trade, as well as a member of the Council of India.

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1843 - The Economist - Treasury - India

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Wilson died in 1860.

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