Philip Whitwell Wilson

Philip Whitwell Wilson (1875 – 6 June 1956) was a British Liberal Party politician, writer and journalist.

Early life
Wilson was born in Westmorland, Cumbria, the son of I. Whitwell Wilson, a Justice of the Peace, and Annie Bagster. He was educated at Kendal Grammar School and Clare College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he was President of the Cambridge Union, and was also one of the first editors of the literary magazine Granta.

Politics
At the 1906 general election, he was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for St Pancras South, winning the seat from the Liberal Unionists by the slender margin of 61 votes. The Liberal Unionists regained the seat at the January 1910 general election and Wilson switched to the Westmorland seat of Appleby, which he contested unsuccessfully at the December 1910 general election, finishing second.

Career
In 1910 he became the parliamentary correspondent for the Daily News, a position he held for the next twelve years. He was also the American correspondent for the Daily News. He wrote a number of religious books. He was also a supporter of the Settlement Movement, which brought together his religious and political ideas.

Personal life
Wilson was married twice, first to Alice Collins, who died in 1939 and with whom he had five children, and then to Mary Cross, who died in 1951. Both of his wives were American, and he latterly lived in New York City, where he died in 1956.