Robert Nichol Wilson
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Robert Nichol Wilson, known as R. N. Wilson, was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Wilson studied at Malvern College and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. After the war, he became a director of a textile company and joined the Ulster Unionist Party. He was elected in the 1945 Northern Ireland general election in Mid Antrim, holding the seat until he retired in 1953 without ever facing an opponent. From 1948 to 1950, he was the Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.[1]
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- People educated at Malvern College
- Royal Artillery soldiers
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1945–1949
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1949–1953
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Antrim constituencies
- Parliament of Northern Ireland member stubs