George Wilson of Glenluce

George Wilson of Glenluce FSAS (31 October 1823 – 18 February 1899) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who was also an antiquarian and archaeologist, remembered for his investigations at Old Luce.

[1] He was born on 31 October 1823 at Edington Mains, a farm near Chirnside the son of Mary Steuart Todd and her husband, Abraham Wilson, a farmer.

His father died during his first year, and the farm was taken over by his eldest brother, John Wilson, while he was still a teenager.

[citation needed] He was ordained in November 1848 at Glenluce in south-west Scotland and remained there for the rest of his working life, but taking considerable interest in the history and archaeology of the area.

He later relocated to Laret Burn at St Boswells in the Scottish Borders and died there on 18 February 1899.