Walter Wilson

Lieutenant colonel Walter Carandini Wilson (22 June 1885 – 12 April 1968) was an Australian-born British Army officer and England international rugby union player.

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Wilson was the grandson of an Italian nobleman (the Marquis of Sarzano) and opera singer Marie Carandini, who were the parents of his mother. His father, Robert Walker Wilson, was Scottish. He moved to England during his childhood and was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent.

Wilson received his commission in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1905 and two years later joined the Leicestershire Regiment. During this period, Wilson played rugby in the army and was capped twice for England as a wing three-quarter in the 1907 Home Nations, against Ireland and Scotland. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1908 and then captain while on secondment to the West African Regiment in 1913. He was later awarded a Military Cross and OBE.

Wilson was a cousin of actor Christopher Lee.