The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Wilson, Hon. Walter Horatio
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Wilson, Hon. Walter Horatio, M.L.C., was born at Rhos-y-Medre, Ruabon, Denbighshire, on July 15th, 1839, and arrived in Victoria in 1853. In 1865 he was admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court in Queensland, and practises in Brisbane. Having been called to the Legislative Council in July 1885, he succeeded Mr. T. M. Patterson as Postmaster-General in the Griffith Government in August 1887, retiring with his colleagues in June 1888.