General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson was a British Army officer and politician who served in Flanders, Egypt, the Iberian Peninsula, Prussia, and was seconded to the Imperial Russian Army in 1812. He sat as the Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Southwark from 1818 to 1831. He served as the Governor of Gibraltar from 1842 until his death in 1849. He was also a military writer.
- Occupation
- military personnel, politician, writer
- Position held
- member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 9th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- August 17, 1777
- Died
- May 9, 1849
