James Wilson was born in 1805 in Hawick in the Scottish Borders. He left Scotland and moved to London where he was an opponent of the Corn Laws, and entered the Westminster parliament as a Liberal member of the Commons for Westbury, Wiltshire in 1847. Events January 11 - Michigan Territory is created. ... Hawick (pronounced hoick) is a town in the unitary council region of Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland. ... Scottish Borders is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... The Corn Laws, in force between 1815 and 1846, were import tariffs ostensibly designed to protect British farmers and landowners, against competition from cheap foreign grain imports. ... Westminster is the name of a city that covers much of central London, located to the west of the ancient City of London, and which has been the principal seat of government in England for more than nine hundred years. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

By the time he had entered the Commons, he had (in 1843) already established The Economist, a publication that is still printed today . He also rose to office as an MP, becoming financial secretary to the Treasury, vice-president of the board of trade as well as a member of the Council of India. 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Front cover, February 21, 2004 The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication of The Economist Newspaper Limited in London. ... The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ...

Wilson died in 1860. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

Paymaster-General is a ministerial position in UK. Former holders of this post include: Lord John Russell 1830-1834 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1834-1835 Sir Henry Brook Parnell 1835-1841 Edward John Stanley 1841 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1841-1845 William Bingham Baring 1845-1846 Thomas Babington Macaulay 1846-1848 The...