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Arthur Wilson (shipping magnate)

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149:. Baccarat was illegal in England at the time. Several members of Wilson's household at Tranby Croft claimed to have independently witnessed Gordon-Cumming cheating at the game, and when this was brought to the attention of the Prince, Gordon-Cumming signed a document promising never to play cards in the future. This event remained secret for a time, but it was revealed to the press in early 1891. As a result, Gordon-Cumming attempted to bring the accusers, including Wilson, to trial on the charge of 62:
Like his brother, he was educated at Kingston College in Hull. He was associated with Charles throughout his life, and became the head of the business after his brother's death in 1907. Before this, he served as director of the
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He was a generous benefactor to Hull, and is especially remembered for the Victoria Children's Hospital, for which he served as chairman.
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Gordon-Cumming lost the court case, but it brought the Prince much bad publicity, and he never returned to Tranby Croft.
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Wilson died of cancer in 1909, two years after taking charge of the shipping business.
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The Wilson Line of Hull, 1831 to 1981: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
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For the last twenty years of his life, his London home was 17
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Havers, Michael; Grayson, Edward; Shankland, Peter (1977).
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Arthur Wilson is best remembered for playing host, at
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in 1900. Wilson himself was active in protecting the
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Index

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Tranby Croft
royal baccarat scandal
Hull
Thomas Wilson
Thomas Wilson Sons & Co.
Charles Wilson
Baron Nunburnholme
North Eastern Railway
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
Grosvenor Place
the embassy of Ireland
Arthur
Holderness division of Yorkshire
Liberal
Gladstone
Home Rule
Liberal Unionists
tariff reform
Royal baccarat scandal
Tranby Croft
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
William Gordon-Cumming
baccarat
defamation
Oswald Sanderson
"The Embassy's History"
"How a card 'cheat' and a prince ended up in court"
ISBN
0718303555

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