Reading Observer 12-1919

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, LlEUT.~C(jL. .LE$LlE ORME WILSON.

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"THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF' READING,. ' P.C .. G.C.B .. ·K.C.V.O.. Lord
Chief Justice 01 England," to give him hi. £.,11 title. i. to shortly receive the FIeedom of Reading-the hi~hest;

. '. ," ,LlEUTENANT.coLoNEL 'LESUEORME WILSON: C.M.G .. D.. S.O .. M.P.• P~rliamentary
Secretary, to the Ministry of- Shipping." i• .the lull sty)e and title a! the second. man who is to receive the
·Freedom of Reading.
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A';d who will say that this hono,!r. has not been thoroughl; merited? . According to the Act "';hich
empowers boroughs to grant Freedoms. the reCIpIent sball be a man 'or.woman who has rendered· valuable service. '
to the borough. or. one who' has an undoubted claim to distinction by virtue 'of valuable services ;endered to the
country. Lord Reading has done both.
Soon after his en.try into nation'al politics .Lord Reading received promotion after promotion in the i.gal '
world. He wa ~ made Sohc,tor-General and was blighted and. shortly afterward •• became Attorney-General. In
1913 he was appointed Lord Chief .Justice 01 England and Baron Reading. He "';as lati!r'created a Viscount lor
his s.;rvices to the COlin try in connection ~ith the war an.d. in 1917•. w.as created an Earl and took the s!yle -';1 Lord
ReadIng. In January. HJl8. he was apPOInted H.M'I HIgh Cpmm'S81Oner aD.! Amba'ssaqor In Ame~lca. In the .
exerc;s;ng of h;s .new duties he showed h,imself to be not only an able diplomatist" but a very astute tinancier too.
The Govemment:s hopes an4 expectations in him ,,:,ere Dot misplaced. ··No high~ po.sition or more ~ delic_a'te- 'work
was ever entrusted to any man. l'hat was at a time when a false move or a s!.p of tbe tongue might have m~aut
disaster, anything. So great was the success of his mission to. America that he won the love. respect and admira. - . ~ . '~ ,
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tion of the Americans no les.~an 01 the Briti.h.
During the time he was Member !.or Reading .he rendere.d invaluable assistance to the .Town Clerk In
obta;n;ng things which he would not ha';:.. obtained otherwise. .
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. ' Here again •. 'is 'a man ~ho Can -lay c1.:im .t~ di~t'inctio~ on. account of his gervic.... to the country before th" war. during the wilr 'and since tlie war. That 'he has rend'ered this town yeomen seryices will not; we make bold to'
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honour this town can confer on any man.

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.Aged 44. Col. Wils'on was : ed;;~atea' at S~. Michael's Westgate. and St. 'Paul's School. and served on·
H .M.s. Hibernia 1896-99 and- on H.M.S. Australia .in 1902. He was in 1895 appointed second-lieutenant in the
RM.L.L; in 1896 he became lieutenant; and in 1901 captain. . He served with the ' Nayal Brigade dilring the
South African War 1899-1901. being meqti!!ned in despatches and receiving thc Queen's medal and fiye . clasps and
being awarded the .D'stinguished ·Service OrJer. 'rho ;latter decoration was cOlilerred upon ·him for his gallantry at .
Belfast. Transvaal. on August 26th. 1900. Col: WilsOn was in a very still engagement in which his regimen,t . lost
a c9nsiderable "umber of 'men, , The Colonel himself was very severely wounded in th e fighting. He was assistant
instructor of mu~k.. trY at Gravesend in . 1901. "ndoA.D.C. to .the Governor 01 New Soutb Wales. 1903-9.
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C.ol'lneJ ., wason 'cam,,- to· Rea,ding after leaving Australia. and stood as Unionist candidate "for. Reading in
1910, when he cons:der.bIY~edllced Sir Ru'!us Isaacs' (now Lord Reading) majority. The next time he contested
the seat h .. was ~ucce5s!ul. Since then he has consolidated his position in Reading. and has made rapid strides at
W.I'.JtmiIlBter: :.,lie iJl' q9K~ m~b.er ;·o~ !h~ p;.eient ;(,:;,.lition
Ministry.
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Reading knew, him ,,as
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