Isaac Wilson (English politician)

For other people named Isaac Wilson, see Isaac Wilson (disambiguation).

Isaac Wilson
Painting of Isaac Wilson by John Collier, currently in Dorman Museum
Member of Parliament
for Middlesbrough
In office
5 July 1878 – 26 July 1892
Preceded byHenry Bolckow
Succeeded byHavelock Wilson
Majority6,961 (63.3%)
Personal details
Born(1822-02-16)16 February 1822
Kendal, Westmorland
Died22 September 1899(1899-09-22) (aged 77)

Isaac Wilson (16 February 1822 – 22 September 1899)[1] was an English industrialist and Liberal politician.

Wilson was born in Kendal, Westmorland, the son of Isaac Wilson and Mary Jowitt. He was related to the Pease family and in 1841 went to Middlesbrough where he managed a pottery in Commercial Street. Later, with Edward Gilkes, he established the Tees Engine Works at the corner of Commercial Street and Grey Street. The firm manufactured locomotives and other products for railway engineering on Teesside and in 1865, merged into a larger concern known as Hopkins, Gilkes & Co. Wilson was also a director of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. In 1850 he moved to Nunthorpe Hall. He contributed to the building of a school for 35 children in Nunthorpe in 1855 and was largely responsible for its maintenance[2]

Wilson became involved in local politics and in 1854 became Mayor of Middlesbrough.[3] He was elected at a by-election in July 1878 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough,[4] and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1892 general election.[5] He was President of the Teesside Chamber of Commerce from 1879 to 1887.[6]

After Wilson's death aged 77, Nunthorpe Hall was occupied by Joseph Albert Pease MP.

Wilson was fiercely anti-drinking but is commemorated by the former J.D. Wetherspoon Isaac Wilson public house in Middlesbrough.[7]

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  2. ^ "Great Ayton - information from Bulmers' 1890". GENUKI. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Middlesbrough Parish information from Bulmers' 1890". GENUKI. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 210. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 154. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  6. ^ Chambers of Commerce in North East England[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Willcock, John (29 November 1996). "People & Business: Pools chief who missed out on a jackpot puts the boot in". The Independent. Retrieved 6 April 2009.[dead link]