Cecil Carus-Wilson JP FRSE FGS FRGS (18 October 1857–24 September 1934) was a 20th-century British local politician who served as Mayor of Twickenham[1] but who is remembered as an amateur geologist.
[2] He was born in Weston-super-Mare on 18 October 1857,[3] the 5th son of 11 children of Rev William Carus-Wilson (1822–1883) and his wife, Mary Letablere Litton.
[5] He was also a Member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and President of the Twickenham Literary and Scientific Society.
[6] In 1911 he inherited Casterton Hall in Westmorland from his elder brother Rev William Carus-Wilson (1845–1911).
He was father to Cecil Caradoc Carus-Wilson (b.1892) who served as a Captain in the First World War.