John Cracroft Wilson

Sir John Cracroft Wilson CB KCSI (21 May 1808 – 2 March 1881), was a British-educated civil servant in India, farmer and politician in New Zealand.

Read more about John Cracroft Wilson:  Early Life, Australia and New Zealand, Service in India, Later Life in New Zealand

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