Samuel Herbert Wilson

Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson GCMG KCB KBE (31 October 1873 – 5 August 1950) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1921 and 1924. He did much to popularise football, offering a Wilson Cup for football.^[1]

Wilson was born in Dublin in 1873, the son of Dr. James Wilson. After attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he entered the Royal Engineers in 1893. He married Marie Ada Garbarino Gervers, daughter of Francis Theodore Gervers. His sister-in-law Theodora Chevalier Gervers CBE married Sir Albert Hastings Markham.^[2][3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Samuel Herbert Wilson

Notes Granted by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, 16th March 1937. Crest A demi-lion rampant Gules charged with a fleur-de-lus Or. Escutcheon Argent a chevron between three mullets Gules on a canton Pean a buck's head couped Proper charged with three bendlets Or. Motto Semper Vigilans[4]