Henry Wilson, 3rd Baron Berners

Henry William Wilson, 11th Baron Berners, (23 February 1797 – 27 June 1871) was an English peer and agriculturalist.

Early life

Wilson was born on 23 February 1797. He was the eldest son of Henry Wilson, 10th Baron Berners and the former Elizabeth Sumpter. and Hon. Elizabeth Wilson (wife of the Rev. William Chester, a grandson of Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet and great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Dartmouth).

He was educated at Eton before attending Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Career He served as Justice of the Peace for Rutland, Leicestershire, and Norfolk and was Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire. He served as President of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1858 and served as Constable of Leicester Castle. Her sister Harriet married Henry's younger brother, the Rev. Robert Wilson, the Rector of Ashwellthorpe. and the former Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn (a daughter of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet), on 21 July 1857 at Vale Royal, Cheshire.