Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas

Born at London, Syracuse University 1873-78, and a lectureship at Vander 1777: died there, May 9, 1849. An English general and author. He commanded the Lusitanian Legion and a Spanish brigade in the Peninsular war; was British military commi ioner at the Ru ian and allied headquarters 1812-14; and was later member of Parliament and governor of Gibraltar (1842-49). He wrote a "History of the British Expedition to Egypt" (1802), an "Inquiry into the Present State of the Military Force of the British Empire" (1804), a "Sketch of the Campaigns in Poland" (1810), "Military and Political Power of Ru ia" (1817), "Narrative of Events during the Invasion of Ru ia, 1812" (1860), "Diary" (1861), etc. Wilson, Sir Thomas. Died 1581. An English statesman and writer. He was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge; was tutor to the sons of the Duke of Suffolk; lived on the Continent during the reign of Mary; and was imprisoned and tortured at Rome on account of alleged heresy in his works on "Logic" and "Rhetoric," but escaped. He was in favor during the reign of Elizabeth, and held various offices; was envoy to the Low Countries in 1576; and became secretary of state in 1577, and dean of Durham in 1579. Among his works are "The Rule of Reason, containing the Art of Logic" (1551), "The Art of Rhetoric" (1553), "A Discourse upon Usury" (1572), etc. Wilson, William L. Born in Jefferson County,