Charles henry wilson, 1st baron nunburnholme (1833-1907), 1880-1890. A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, standing with a gun under his right arm, his left hand resting on a stone balustrade on which sits his grey hat. He is balding with side whiskers and moustache, dressed in a dark brown jacket, light brown trousers, white shirt and brown tie. Trees in the background on the left, and view of a distant horizon with hills, and cloudy sky on the right. One of the ten richest men in britain. He owned the wilson-ellerker shipping line which traded out of hull with the baltic. He built tranby croft, an italian inspired country house, outside hull. A member of parliament and created a peer in 1906. Married florence wellesley who gave beningbrough hall (which she bought in 1917/18) to her son-in-law and daughter, 10th earl and countess of chesterfield. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: between 1880 and 1890. Dimensions: height: 171.5 cm (67.5 in); width: 130.5 cm (51.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme. Collection: National Trust. Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833-1907)
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