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Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Chesney Wilson MVO (3 August 1865 – 6 November 1914) was a British Army officer and husband of the war correspondent Lady Sarah Wilson. As an Eton College student he assisted in thwarting Roderick Maclean's assassination attempt on Queen Victoria in 1882, before joining the Royal Horse Guards in 1887.
- 3 August 1865, Longerenong, Victoria, Australia
- 6 November 1914, age 49, Ypres, Belgium
On 21 November 1891, she married Gordon Chesney Wilson, MVO, (3 August 1865 – 6 November 1914), of the Royal Horse Guards, son of Jennie Campbell and Sir Samuel Wilson, MP. Her Oxford-educated husband, who had been born in Wimmera, Victoria, Australia, was killed in action on 6 November 1914, at the First Battle of Ypres.
- War correspondent
- Lady Frances Anne Vane
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Chesney Wilson MVO. Buried in Zillebecke Churchyard near Ieper, Plot B. 2. with 31 others, six of whom are unknown. Gordon Chesney was born in Wimmera, Victoria, Australia, the eldest son of Samuel Wilson.
GORDON CHESNEY WILSON. Who was killed in action in France on 6th November 1914 was the second son of the late Sir Samuel Wilson of Ercildoune, near Ballarat. He was born in 1865 and entered the Melbourne Grammar School in 1877.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Chesney Wilson was a British Army officer and husband of the war correspondent Lady Sarah Wilson. As an Eton College student he assisted in thwarting Roderick Maclean's assassination attempt on Queen Victoria in 1882, before joining the Royal Horse Guards in 1887.
The announcement of the death of Licut, Colonel Gordon Chesney Wilson on active service in France reealls an incident of his early life, which was unique. Lieut. Colonel ...
