Cecil Carus-Wilson | |
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Mayor of Twickenham | |
In office ?–? | |
Personal details | |
Born | Weston-super-Mare, England | 18 October 1857
Died | 24 September 1934 Bristol, England | (aged 76)
Relatives | William Carus Wilson (grandfather) |
Cecil Carus-Wilson JP FRSE FGS FRGS (18 October 1857–24 September 1934) was a 20th-century British local politician who served as Mayor of Twickenham [1] but who is remembered as an amateur geologist.
He specialised in the acoustic properties of rocks. [2]
He was born in Weston-super-Mare on 18 October 1857, [3] the 5th son of 11 children of Rev William Carus-Wilson (1822-1883) and his wife, Mary Letablere Litton. [4] He was grandson of Rev William Carus Wilson.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1898 for his contributions to geology. His proposers were Robert Etheridge, Sir William Abbott Herdman, Hugh Robert Mill and Peter Guthrie Tait. [5] He was also a Member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and President of the Twickenham Literary and Scientific Society. [6]
In 1911 he inherited Casterton Hall in Westmorland from his elder brother Rev William Carus-Wilson (1845-1911).
In 1929 he was living at "Altmore" in Waldegrave Park, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. [7]
He died in Bristol on 24 September 1934.
He married Barbara Julia Chalk (1863-1934). He was father to Cecil Caradoc Carus-Wilson (b.1892) who served as a Captain in the First World War. [8]
Cecil Carus-Wilson | |
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Mayor of Twickenham | |
In office ?–? | |
Personal details | |
Born | Weston-super-Mare, England | 18 October 1857
Died | 24 September 1934 Bristol, England | (aged 76)
Relatives | William Carus Wilson (grandfather) |
Cecil Carus-Wilson JP FRSE FGS FRGS (18 October 1857–24 September 1934) was a 20th-century British local politician who served as Mayor of Twickenham [1] but who is remembered as an amateur geologist.
He specialised in the acoustic properties of rocks. [2]
He was born in Weston-super-Mare on 18 October 1857, [3] the 5th son of 11 children of Rev William Carus-Wilson (1822-1883) and his wife, Mary Letablere Litton. [4] He was grandson of Rev William Carus Wilson.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1898 for his contributions to geology. His proposers were Robert Etheridge, Sir William Abbott Herdman, Hugh Robert Mill and Peter Guthrie Tait. [5] He was also a Member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and President of the Twickenham Literary and Scientific Society. [6]
In 1911 he inherited Casterton Hall in Westmorland from his elder brother Rev William Carus-Wilson (1845-1911).
In 1929 he was living at "Altmore" in Waldegrave Park, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. [7]
He died in Bristol on 24 September 1934.
He married Barbara Julia Chalk (1863-1934). He was father to Cecil Caradoc Carus-Wilson (b.1892) who served as a Captain in the First World War. [8]