John Broadley Wilson

John Broadley Wilson (1765-1835) was baptized by Isaiah Birt in Plymouth. Wilson was for many years an official in the ordnance department at Devonport dockyard after his removal to Clapham. He served as treasurer of the BMS from 1826 to 1834 (see letters 83 and 146); he was also elected the first treasurer of the London Baptist Building Fund in 1824. He worshiped for many years at Rowland Hill’s Surrey Chapel. See Stanley, History, 210; Seymour J. Price, “The Centenary of the Baptist Building Fund,” Baptist Quarterly 3 (1926-1927), 86; DEB.