What is recorded here
Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet was born in County Longford, Ireland on 5 May 1864. That ordinary province gave birth to one of Britain’s most powerful military minds, a man who later stood at the centre of global war and died by assassination in London.
Why this person is known: British Army staff officer of the World War I (1864-1922)
- Birthplace
- County Longford
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