Harry James Wilson
Harry James Wilson (c1870-1932), Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories.
1932 Obituary[1]
"THE LATE MR. H. J. WILSON. Engineers and manufacturers in many parts of the country will learn with regret of the death, at Orpington, Kent, on August 11 last, of Mr. Harry James Wilson, H.M. Deputy Chief Inspector, Factory Department, Home Office, London. The son of Mr. James Wilson, of Baldavie, Banffshire, Mr. H. J. Wilson was born in 1870, and received his general education at Aberdeen Grammar School, afterwards proceeding to Gordon’s College in the same city. He was appointed H.M. Inspector of Factories in 1892, at the age of 22, and was first stationed at Leeds. He afterwards served at Dundee, but returned south some years later to take up office at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Promotion came in 1907, after 15 years’ service, when he again crossed the Border upon being appointed Deputy Superintending Officer for Scotland. Nine years later, when only 46 years of age, he became Superintending Officer for Scotland, and while in this capacity served as a member of a number of shipbuilding committees. In addition, he was appointed a member of the West of Scotland Armaments Committee. When the Ministry of National Service was formed he was given the responsible post of Commissioner of National Service for Scotland. For his many services to his country during the war Mr. Wilson was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. For some years after the close of hostilities he remained in Scotland, but further promotion came in 1923, when he was appointed Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, and took up his duties at the Home Office, Whitehall, where he was serving at the time of his death."