Early Life
Cracroft Wilson was born in Onamore, India, the son of Alexander Wilson, FRS, a judge in the Madras Civil Service, and Clementina (née Cracroft). He was educated at Haileybury College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He returned to India in 1828 and entered the Bengal Civil Service as a cadet, advancing to become a magistrate.
He was married to Elizabeth (née Wall), probably on 4 November 1828 at Westminster, or Brixton, Surrey. His wife died in 1843 in Moradabad after giving birth to their 8th child. He married again on 12 October 1844 to Jane Torie Greig in Bareilly near Moradabad. There were no children of this second marriage.
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