John Taylor Wilson

Solicitor in Lancaster, Mayor of Lancaster 1807, 1816-7 and 1826-7.

1. 22/06/1809 Partnership of Jackson Mason, J. Taylor Wilson, John Jenkinson, John Higgin in the businesses or professions of solicitors, attornies, conveyancers and money-scriveners at Lancaster under Mason, Wilson and Jenkinson dissolved: partnership split into Mason & Higgin and Taylor Wilson & Jenkinson.

2. John Taylor Wilson as Mayor of Lancaster signed address to Prince Regent after the attack upon him in 1817. He appears as John Taylor Wilson in the list of mayors for 1807 but as John Wilson for 1816 and 1826.

3. Burials at St Cuthberts Over Kellett Lancs., of Ellen aged 65, wife of John Taylor Wilson, abode Lancaster 26/11/1833; and John Taylor Wilson 04/12/1839 aged 76 abode Lancaster profession Attorny-at-law   

1. London Gazette, Issue 16279, 25/07/1809, p. 1186.

1. London Gazette, Issue 17229, 11/03/1817, p. 601; http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/civic-ceremonial/former-mayors-city-lancaster/ [accessed 26/02/2011].

1. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Over-Kellet/stcuthbert/burials_1813-1891.html [accessed 26/02/2011].