Albert De Wilton

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Major | order = 5th | office = Inspector General of Police | term_start = 17 August 1902 | term_end = 1905 | predecessor = Louis Frederic Knollys | successor = Cyril Chapman Longden | birth_name = Albert Walter De Wilton | birth_date = 1862 | birth_place = Samalkota, India | death_date = 13 October 1931 | death_place = Jersey | resting_place = St. Peter’s Church, Jersey | profession = Colonial administrator | parents = Jacob Wilkins, Judith Laura née Montefiore | spouse = Julie Helen née Gatwell (1863–1893) m.1887, Marie Ellen née Phillips (1864–?) m.1894 | children = Albert Gordon St John Montefiore (b.1891); Marie Laura Patricia (b.1897), Norah Ernestine Pascal (1902-1973)) }} Major '''Albert Walter De Wilton''' (1862 – 13 October 1931) was the fifth British colonial Inspector-General of Police in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

== Biography == Wilton was born in 1862, in Samalkota, the second son of Dr Jacob Wilkins (1830-1879) and Judith Laura née Montefiore (1835-1899). He received his early education at Brighton and Southsea Military College, where he graduated in 1880. He joined the militia the following year, attending Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, obtaining his commission in 1883 as a Lieutenant in the Connaught Rangers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25210/page/1326/data.pdf|title=Military Appointments|newspaper=London Gazette|date=9 March 1883|page=1326|accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref> He saw active service in the Burma Campaigns of 1885, 1887 and 1889 and was awarded a medal and two clasps.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/971214/plus3.html|title=Touch of Polo amidst reforms|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=14 December 1997|accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref>

In 1898, he was appointed Major-General of Police in Mauritius.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Thom_s_Official_Directory_of_the_United/pIMpad2psREC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22A.+de+Wilton%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA86&printsec=frontcover|title=Thom's Official Directory of the United Kindom|date=1900|publisher=Alex Thom & Co.|place=Dublin|page=86}}</ref> In 1902, he was transferred to Ceylon, assuming the position of Inspector-General of Police and Prisons on 17 August 1902. In 1905 due to the increase in workload the position was separated into two posts with De Wilton continuing in the role of Inspector-General of Prisons and Superintendent of Convict Establishments and Cyril Longden, the Superintendent of Police in Madras was transferred to take on the role of Inspector General of Police.<ref>http://prisons.gov.lk/old_web/History/history_english.html</ref> He retired in 1922. He died on 13 October 1931, aged 69, in Jersey.<ref>{{Cite|url=https://www.worldgenweb.org/lkawgw/obit1932.htm|title=Obituaries Ceylon Green Book 1932|access-date=2 February 2026}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Wilton, Albert Walter}} Category:1862 births Category:1931 deaths Category:British colonial police officers Category:Sri Lankan Inspectors General of Police Category:British people in British India Category:British expatriates in British Ceylon