page_title: John Wilson (English architect)
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: John Wilson (English architect) / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Elizabeth College, school in Guernsey
context_page_description: John Wilson was a Clerk of Works for the Board of Ordnance who became one of the most celebrated architects in the island of Guernsey for the buildings he designed there between 1813 and 1831.
  He worked mostly in stucco in the neoclassical, Gothic Revival or Jacobethan styles.
  Despite the recognition of his work in Guernsey, he appears to have done little work outside the island and remains a rather elusive figure.
context_section_description: John Wilson was born in Dalston, Cumbria and baptised on the 6 June 1781, the son of Robert and Mary Wilson of Cardewlees. In 1816, he married Ann Strong, the daughter of John Strong, a solicitor of Carlisle, at the church of St George's, Hanover Square, London.
  He joined the Board of Ordnance as a mason. He had been promoted to master mason, and was appointed Clerk of Works by 1813.
caption: Elizabeth College
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