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David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (David Clive Wilson) was born on 14 February, 1935 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, is an Administrator and diplomat from England (born 1935). Discover David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

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Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 14 February 1935
Birthday 14 February
Birthplace Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Nationality Scotland

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1935

David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, (, born 14 February 1935) is a retired British administrator, diplomat and Sinologist.

Wilson was born in Alloa in Scotland on 14 February 1935 and was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, and Keble College, Oxford (1955–58, Master of Arts), and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (PhD in contemporary Chinese history, 1973).

1960

He studied Chinese at the University of Hong Kong from 1960 to 1962 and then served in the British Mission in Beijing.

He is fluent in Mandarin and has mastered basic Cantonese and spent 10 of his 30 years as a diplomat in China.

1967

Wilson married Natasha Helen Mary Alexander, daughter of Bernard Gustav Alexander, in 1967 and they have two sons, Peter and Andrew.

1968

In 1968 Wilson resigned from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to edit The China Quarterly at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

1974

After rejoining the Diplomatic Service in 1974 he worked in the Cabinet Office and then, from 1977 to 1981, as Political Adviser to Sir Murray MacLehose, then Governor of Hong Kong.

1984

Following that he became Head of Southern European Department in the FCO and then Assistant Under Secretary for Asia and the Pacific during which time he was head of the British side of the Working Group engaged in drafting the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong and then, in 1984, the first Senior British Representative on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group (中英聯合聯絡小組) set up under the Joint Declaration.

1986

When Sir Edward Youde died in Beijing on 5 December 1986, Wilson replaced him to become the Governor of Hong Kong on 9 April 1987.

1987

He was the penultimate Commander-in-Chief and 27th Governor of Hong Kong (from 1987 to 1992).

1988

He also encountered the Vietnamese refugee problem, which steadily grew worse and led to the 1988 policy of repatriating those found not to qualify for refugee status (see bắt đầu từ nay).

1989

As governor, Wilson had to deal with the fallout in Hong Kong from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.

In October 1989, Wilson proposed, in the Governor's Annual Policy Address, the building of an airport on Lantau Island, known as the Rose Garden Project (玫瑰園計劃, see Hong Kong International Airport).

The proposal was created out of concern that Kai Tak Airport, which had been in use since the beginning of aviation in Hong Kong, was not equipped to handle modern aviation needs.

1991

In December 1991, Britain announced the removal of Wilson as the governor, who had been widely criticised by Hong Kong's pro-democratic camp, three months after their strong performance in Hong Kong's first direct elections to the Legislative Council.

1992

Wilson left Hong Kong in June 1992 following the completion of his five-year term as governor.

Before his retirement Wilson embarked on political reforms that paved the way for eighteen legislators of the Legislative Council to be directly elected by the people of Hong Kong.

Wilson was succeeded by Chris Patten, who was then-British Prime Minister John Major's Conservative ally, and had risen to become Chairman of the Conservative Party, and a former Member of the Parliament who was recently defeated in the general election before was being appointed.

When Wilson studied Mandarin Chinese at The University of Hong Kong, he was given the Chinese name Wei Dewei or Ngai Tak-Ngai ; "Wei" was short for "Wilson", while "Dewei" is a Chinese transliteration of David.

However, when he arrived in Hong Kong to take up the position of Governor of Hong Kong, it was noted that the Cantonese pronunciation of his earlier name sounded almost nothing like his actual name.

Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times commented that Wilson's previous Chinese name sounded too much like "hypocrisy to the extent of danger" (偽得危).

Kristof also noted that the surname and the third character can each be divided into components meaning "1,800 female ghosts" (千八女鬼).

According to Chan Chung-kwong of RTHK, some locals referred to the name as "two ghosts knocking at the door" (雙鬼拍門), which is unlucky and inappropriate for a governor's name.

When Wilson assumed his position as Governor of Hong Kong, he changed his Chinese name to Wai Yik-Shun, the Cantonese Chinese pronunciation of which is more similar to his English name.

The new name also has a more favourable meaning and was composed of 33 strokes, said to be a lucky number.

After his governorship and elevation to a life peerage with the title Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, of Finzean in the District of Kincardine and Deeside and of Fanling in Hong Kong in 1992, Wilson became the chairman of the energy company Scottish Hydro Electric plc.

The 78-kilometre Wilson Trail, containing ten hiking segments aligned north–south in Hong Kong, is named after him, as is the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust (衛奕信勳爵文物信託) established in December 1992 to preserve and conserve Hong Kong's heritage.

1993

(later Scottish and Southern Energy) based in Perth, Scotland from 1993 to 2000.

He was a member of the board of the British Council (and chairman of its Scottish Committee) from 1993 to 2002; a director of the Martin Currie Pacific Trust from 1993 to 2002 and Chairman of the Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland from 2002 to 2006.

He was president of the Bhutan Society of the UK (1993–2008), the Hong Kong Society (1994– ) and the Hong Kong Association (1994– ).

1996

In 1996 he was appointed a vice-president of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society; and he was the Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen from 1997 to 2013, succeeded by the Duchess of Rothesay.

2000

Wilson was made a Knight of the Thistle in 2000.

2002

He served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge from 2002 to 2008.

2008

He was President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from October 2008 to October 2011, when he was succeeded by Sir John Arbuthnott.

2010

He served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the British Monarch's representative to the Assembly, in 2010 and 2011.

He is also one of the two living former governors of Hong Kong with Chris Patten.

He retired from the House of Lords on 12 February 2021 after sitting as a crossbencher for over 28 years.

In January 2010 he was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2010.

Wilson informed the Clerk of the Parliaments that he would retire from the House of Lords on 12 February 2021 under the provisions of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.

2014

Wilson defended Hong Kong Police during 2014 Hong Kong protests, claiming the actions taken by the police were "largely proportionate".