Sir James Glenny Wilson (probably on 29 November 1849 – 3 May 1929) was a New Zealand politician and farmer.

Originally from Teviot

Teviot

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 in Scotland

Scotland

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, Wilson was educated at Bruce Castle School

Bruce Castle School

Bruce Castle School, at Bruce Castle, Tottenham, was a progressive school for boys established in 1827 as an extension of Rowland Hill's Hazelwood School at Edgbaston...

, in London

London

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, and then at the Edinburgh Institution. He emigrated to New Zealand as a young man.

Wilson represented Foxton

Foxton (New Zealand electorate)

Foxton was a former parliamentary electorate in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand, from 1881 to 1890.During that period Foxton was represented by only one Member of Parliament, James Glenny Wilson.-References:...

 in the 8th, 9th & 10th parliaments (1881-90), then Palmerston North

Palmerston North (New Zealand electorate)

Palmerston North is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Palmerston North is Iain Lees-Galloway of the Labour Party...

 in the 11th parliament (1890-93), and then Otaki

Otaki (New Zealand electorate)

Ōtaki is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, spanning part of the coast of the lower North Island. The bulk of its population comes from the Horowhenua district, but it also takes in part of the northern Kapiti Coast, including the towns of Otaki and Waikanae, and part of Paraparaumu. The...

 in the 12th parliament (1893-96), after which retired.

He was born in Hawick

Hawick

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, Scotland, and emigrated to Australia

Australia

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, then New Zealand

New Zealand

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, where he farmed in the Rangitikei

Rangitikei District

The Rangitikei District is a Territorial Authority located primarily in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region in the North Island of New Zealand, although a small part, the town of Ngamatea , of it lies in the Hawke's Bay Region...

 district of the North Island. He was married to Anne Wilson

Anne Wilson

Lady Anne Wilson was an Australian poet and novelist.Wilson was born in 1848 at Greenvale, Victoria, the daughter of Robert Adams. In 1874, she married James Glenny Wilson and went to New Zealand. Her husband, a well-known public man, was knighted in 1915...

Wilson was knighted in 1915, and died at Bulls

Bulls, New Zealand

Bulls is a small town near Palmerston North on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is in a thriving farming area in the Rangitikei District at the junction of State Highways 1 and 3 about 160 kilometres north of Wellington...

 on 3 May 1929. He was the first president (1902-20) of the Farmer's Union, now New Zealand Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers

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