Daniel Martin Wilson

The Honourable
Daniel Martin Wilson
KC
Recorder of Belfast
In office
1921–1927
Solicitor-General for Ireland
In office
1919–1921
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded byDenis Henry
Succeeded byThomas Watters Brown
Member of Parliament
In office
1918–1921
Preceded byWilliam MacCaw
Succeeded byThomas Browne Wallace
ConstituencyWest Down
Personal details
Born1862 (1862)
Limerick, Ireland
Died5 January 1932(1932-01-05) (aged 69–70)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Resting placeDundonald Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
PartyUlster Unionist Party
Other political
affiliations
Irish Unionist Alliance
EducationTrinity College Dublin
ProfessionBarrister
Military service
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service
1914–1916
RankCaptain
UnitRoyal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Daniel Martin Wilson KC (1862 – 5 January 1932) was an Irish politician and judge.

He was born in Limerick, the son of Rev. David Wilson, and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and at Trinity College Dublin. He was married in Belfast in 1894 to Eleanor Black, herself the daughter of a Presbyterian minister.

He was appointed a Bencher of King's Inns in 1911. He served as a 2nd lieutenant with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from 1914, was promoted to captain in 1915, and resigned from ill health in 1916.

He was Unionist Member of Parliament for West Down from December 1918 to 1921 and served in government as Solicitor General for Ireland from 1919 to June 1921. He stood down on appointment as Recorder of Belfast. He soon left that position when appointed a puisne judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland on its creation in October 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. In May 1923 the Land Commission, Northern Ireland was established and Wilson became the High Court's Land Judge (Judicial Commissioner of the Land Commission), a function which William Evelyn Wylie had performed prior to the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922.

References

  • Hourican, Bridget (1 October 2009). "Wilson, Daniel Martin". Dictionary of Irish Biography. RIA. doi:10.3318/dib.009069.v1. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
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