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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson
		Wilson was the eldest son of the Suffolk landowner Capt Arthur Maitland Wilson, and his wife, Harriet Kingscote, a descendant of the 1st Earl Howe.
		Wilson was appointed to lead a Commonwealth expeditionary force of two infantry divisions and an armoured brigade to help Greece resist Italy and the subsequent German invasion in April 1941.
		Wilson was made a field marshal on 29 December 1944 and continued to serve as head of the British Joint Staff Mission until 1947, to the satisfaction of Britain and the United States.
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	Henry Maitland Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson (5 September 1881–31 December 1964), also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British General during the Second World War.
		As a solid, reliable, and popular veteran officer, Wilson was Winston Churchill's choice to succeed General Sir Claude Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army in the winter of 1942, however at the urging of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Sir Alan Brooke, General Sir Bernard Montgomery was appointed instead.
		Wilson was made a Field Marshal on 29 December 1944 and continued to serve as head of the British Joint Staff Mission until 1947.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Maitland_Wilson (292 words)

	Henry_Wilson
		Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812–November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States.
		Wilson was born Jeremiah Jones Colbath in Farmington, New Hampshire.
		Wilson was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to Congress.
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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Henry Maitland Wilson
		As a solid, reliable, and popular veteran officer, Wilson was Churchill's choice to succeed General Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army[?] in the winter of 1942, however at the urging of GIGS[?] Brooke, Montgomery was appointed instead.
		In 1943, after Montgomery's success at Alamein and the expulsion of Axis forces from North Africa, Wilson was appointed commander in chief of the Middle East.
		Wilson was made a field marshal on 29 December 1944 and served as head of the British joint staff mission in Washington from 1945 to 1947.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/he/Henry_Maitland_Wilson (210 words)

	Henry Wilson - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Wilson, Henry Maitland, 1st Baron Wilson of Libya and of Stowlangtoft (1881-1964), British army officer and a leading Allied commander in World War...
		Wilson, Henry (1812-1875), 18th vice president (1873-1875) of the United States.
		Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States.
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	AllRefer.com - Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron, British And Irish History, Biographies
		Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron 1881–1964, British field marshal.
		He led the ill-fated British expedition in Greece in 1941 and served as commander in chief in the Middle East (1943–44) and as supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean (1944–45).
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	Henry Maitland Wilson - Definition, explanation
		Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson of Libya (5 September 1881 - 31 December 1964), better known as Jumbo Wilson was a senior British General during World War II.
		As a solid, reliable, and popular veteran officer, Wilson was Churchill's choice to succeed General Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army in the winter of 1942, however at the urging of CIGS Brooke, Montgomery was appointed instead.
		Wilson was made a Field Marshal on 29 December 1944 and continued to serve as head of the British joint staff mission until 1947.
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	1st Baron Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson - Encyclopedia.com
		Henry Maitland Wilson Wilson, 1st Baron 1881-1964, British field marshal.
		He led the ill-fated British expedition in Greece in 1941 and served as commander in chief in the Middle East (1943-44) and as supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean (1944-45).
		P.A. Maitland Center Pkwy Ste 240 Maitland 32751-7415...
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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Henry Wilson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wilson, Henry (1812-1875), 18th vice president (1873-1875) of the United States.
		A native of New Hampshire, Wilson served as an indentured farm...
		Wilson, Henry Maitland, 1st Baron Wilson of Libya and of Stowlangtoft (1881-1964), British army officer and a leading Allied commander in World War...
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	Hiroshima: The Henry Stimson Diary and Papers (part 7)
		of War Henry Stimson's diary and papers that have relevance to the atomic bombing of Japan.
		The diary and papers can be found in the Henry Lewis Stimson Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn. The diary and papers can also be found in the Library of Congress, Washington, DC and in the Center For Research Libraries, Chicago, IL.
		Sir Henry for such a large and jovial person as usual was pretty full of real business and not at all haphazard.
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		He was succeeded by Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson.
		Wilson was in command for just under a year, until he was sent to Washington in December 1944 to replace Field Marshal Sir John Dill of the British Joint Staff Mission who had died suddenly.
		Wilson was succeded by Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander who was Supreme Commander and commander of AFHQ until the end of the war.
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	Wilson, Henry Maitland, first baron of Libya and of Stowlangtoft -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Wilson, Henry Maitland, first baron of Libya and of Stowlangtoft.
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		Pope Gregory VII's 11th-century removal of Henry IV from the throne of Germany, one of the episodes of the Investiture Controversy.
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	MyClan.com : Clan Maitland : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sir Robert Maitland, William’s son, surrendered the Castle of Dunbar to the Earl of Douglas, and thereby escaped being involved in the subsequent ruin of his uncle, John.
		The Flodden knight’s heir, Sir Richard Maitland, was a man of extraordinary talent who was appointed a judge of the Court of Session and Keeper of the Privy Seal.
		Sir Thomas Maitland (died 1824), known as ‘King Tom’, was in turn governor of Ceylon, the Ionian islands and Malta.
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	Capt Fredrick Lewis Maitland
		MAITLAND drew his sword and, supported by his first lieutenant, John PILF0LD, his other officers and the royal marines, rushed among the mutineers, several of whom were killed or wounded in the affray.
		Uncle Henry (Maitland) described Mary Dick as HARD AND WORLDLY and although Rankeilour house was passed to her son Charles Maitland she continued to possess the land.
		Lewis Maitland, a Captain in the R.N., was son of Charles, sixth Earl of Lauderdale, and had one brother, Richard, a Colonel in the Army, and another, John, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.M. He commanded the ELIZABETH 74 in Keppel and Rodney's actions, and afterwards captured a French 64-gun ship.
	www.antonymaitland.com /captfred.htm (17099 words)

	Henry Maitland Wilson, Baron Wilson (of Libya and of Stowlangtoft) Biography - Biography.com
		Henry Maitland Wilson, Baron Wilson (of Libya and of Stowlangtoft) Biography - Biography.com
		Henry Maitland Wilson, Baron Wilson (of Libya and of Stowlangtoft) Biography
		He trained at Sandhurst Military Academy, fought in South Africa and in World War 1, and at the outbreak of World War 2 was appointed commander of British troops in Egypt.
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	Baron Wilson (of Libya And Of Stowlangtoft), Henry Maitland Wilson Biography (1881–1964) Online Encyclopedia Article ...
		Baron Wilson (of Libya And Of Stowlangtoft), Henry Maitland Wilson Biography (1881–1964)
		He headed the British Joint Staff Mission in Washington (1945–7), and was raised to the peerage in 1946.
		Baron Wilson (of Libya And Of Stowlangtoft), Henry Maitland Wilson
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	Henry Maitland Wilson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Henry Maitland Wilson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		In 1943, after Montgomery's success at (Click link for more info and facts about Alamein) Alamein and the expulsion of Axis forces from North Africa, Wilson was appointed commander in chief of the Middle East.
		Wilson was made a (An officer holding the highest rank in the army) field marshal on 29 December 1944 and continued to serve as head of the British joint staff mission until 1947.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/henry_maitland_wilson.htm (117 words)

	Greek Campaign 1941
		The Greek campaign, in which Australian, British and New Zealand troops, under the command of the British general, Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, supported Greek forces against the Axis powers, was an ill-planned, disastrous and short campaign.
		It resulted from Britain's earlier guarantee to support Greece if it were attacked without provocation.
		Within a week, General Wilson's forces were in retreat.
	www.awm.gov.au /Encyclopedia/greek_campaign.htm (613 words)

	Sir Henry at the Bridge - TIME
		General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, the British commander in Persia and Iraq, sat down to the only indoor amusement which, at 61, he finds really worth while.
		Refreshed, restored and as well up on events as a man so far from London could be, Sir Henry returned to his job of building the army which may yet have to save Britain and her Allies, including the U.S., from disaster in World War II.
		Sir Henry's patron and Britain's greatest soldier, General Sir Archibald Wavell, said last year: "The Caucasus, Iran, Iraq and Syria may well prove to be the great battlefield of 1942." He knew, and Hitler knows, that 1942 is the Germans' one year to fight for the bridge.
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	Wilson Family Crest by Houseofnames.com
		We have researched the Wilson family crest in the most recognized sources of coats of arms.
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded Coat-of-Arms was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Wilson coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
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	Baron Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For life peers with the surname "Wilson", see Baron Wilson (disambiguation)
		Baron Wilson is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
		It was created in 1946 for Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baron_Wilson (60 words)

	Was ist Henry Maitland Wilson?
		Dezember 1964 in Chilton, England), der auch Jumbo Wilson genannt wurde, war ein britischer Feldmarschall im Zweiten Weltkrieg.
		Wilson wurde 1939 Befehlshaber der britischen Streitkräfte in Ägypten und leitete 1941 die, vom Unglück verfolgte, Commonwealth Expedition nach Griechenland.
		1946 wurde er als Baron Wilson of Libya and of Stowlangtoft in the County of Suffolk (12.
	www.biologie.de /biowiki/Henry_Maitland_Wilson (277 words)

	Wilson Coat of Arms, Family Crest
		The ancient Viking-Scottish name Wilson is derived from the personal name William, and means "son of William" or "son of Wil."
		Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: John Wilson, who settled in Virginia in 1623; Ann Wilson, who immigrated to Maryland in 1673; Richard Wilson, who arrived in the Barbados with his wife and two children and servants in 1680.
		A Brief Account of the Wilsons by Emery Small Wilson, The DeMay Family and the Wilson Family by Ida DeMay Wilson, The Family of Samuel & Jean Love Wilson by Sara Stewart Hinckley.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp/sId./s.Wilson/email.yes/qx/coatofarms_details.htm (793 words)

	4 March 1941
		Athens: General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, who is to command the British expeditionary forces being prepared for Greece, arrives in Athens to arrange the final details with the Greek general staff.
		The British have only just discovered that the Greek forces in Macedonia have not retired to the Aliakmon Line and will not be able to persuade them to do so because of the damage to morale that would result if territory is obviously given up without a fight after the German move into Bulgaria.
		Wilson is further hindered by the Greek insistence that he remains incognito inside the British Embassy in order not to provoke the Germans.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1941/03/04.htm (646 words)

	South African Military History Society - Journal - DODECANESE DISASTER AND THE BATTLE OF SIMI-1943
		In fact the whole invading force was a minimal force scraped together by Sir Henry Maitland Wilson at Churchill's request.
		The original requirement was for a Division at least; in the event a Brigade (the 234th) was found, and Wilson could barely spare even this.
		They became separated before the enemy aircraft arrived so Wilson was working on his own during the whole time that he was airborne.
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	Balfour genealogy
		Married 1873 Jeannie Amelia ("Jane") Wilson (died 1890), dau of Dr Wilson.
		Married Henry Charles Matthew (born c.1872; died 1953).
		Married Colonel John Alexander Wilson, RA (born 1793; died 1857).
	www.kittybrewster.com /ancestry/balfour.htm (689 words)

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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/William-F-orsyth-Sharpe_to_Sugar-Ray-Leonard.html (857 words)

	Maitland -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Founded as a settlement for convicts (1818–21), it was called in turn The Camp, Molly Morgan Plains, and Wallis Plains.
		A second town, surveyed in 1829 on higher ground on the east side of Wallis Creek and called Maitland, later became East Maitland.
		His father was the poet and statesman Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, East Lothian, and his brother, William Maitland, was a prominent supporter of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (reigned 1542–67).
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