Daniel Martin Wilson

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The Hon. Daniel Martin Wilson BA KC (1862-5 January 1932) was an Irish politician and judge.

He was born in Limerick, the son of Rev. David Wilson, and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and at Trinity College, Dublin.

He was appointed a Bencher of King's Inns in 1911. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from 1914, was promoted to Captain in 1915, and resigned from ill health in 1916.

He was Unionist Member of Parliament for West Down from December 1918-1921 and served in government as Solicitor General for Ireland from 1919-1921. He stood down on appointment as Recorder of Belfast and as Land Judge of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland in 1921.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William John MacGeagh MacCaw
Member of Parliament for West Down
1918-1921
Succeeded by
Thomas Browne Wallace
Legal offices
Preceded by
Denis Stanislaus Henry
Solicitor General for Ireland
1919-1921
Succeeded by
Thomas Watters Brown