Wilson, Thomas, Sir N/A

The attribution to Sir Thomas Wilson, of West Wickham in Kent, is erroneous. Although the arms, crest and motto were confirmed to him by Lord Lyon in 1762, they were granted to Thomas Wilson, merchant in Edinburgh, in 1674, who was probably Sir Thomas Wilson's grandfather. Sir Thomas was granted the quartering Argent a cross engrailed sable, the arms of Sinclair. Sir Thomas sold West Wickham in 1772 and was thought to be the Sir Thomas Wilson who the Gentleman's Magazine recorded as dying in Dean Street, Soho on 3 January 1775. But the date of death and the imprint of book bearing these arms rule out the attribution to Sir Thomas Wilson.