Thomas Wilson (philanthropist)

Thomas Wilson (11 November 1764 – 17 June 1843) was a Congregational benefactor of chapels and educational institutions and founder member of the Council of University College London from 1825.

[5] He was ultimately a man of considerable wealth, with Remington family money after the death in 1813 of an uncle on his mother's side.

[1] Wilson was a lay preacher from 1804,[6] and preached on a monthly basis at the London Female Penitentiary, a charity refuge.

He was a director of the London Missionary Society; and in 1837 he became one of the founders of the Metropolitan Chapel Fund Association.

Dr Williams's Library in London houses the Thomas and Joshua Wilson collection of papers.