Garnet Wilson (1885–1975) was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who served as Lord Provost of Dundee.
G. L. Wilson had originally set up business in Cupar moving to open his department store in Dundee, locally referred to as 'the Corner' in 1894.
[1][5] G. L. Wilson's department store was heavily patronised in Dundee and was particularly well known for its popular Christmas grotto.
Garnet Wilson reportedly often gave excited small children who were visiting it an extra penny as a gift.
He was a critic of the view advanced by David Coupar Thomson and others that the college should breakaway from the University of St Andrews.
[1][17] Dundee City Archives also hold an extensive collection of material relating to Wilson.
[18] A portrait of Wilson by David Shanks Ewart is held in the Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection.