Surname: Wilton Forename(s): Richard b. 1827. d. 10 August 1903. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Church of England minister. Born in Doncaster, Yorkshire. Educated at St. Catherine’s
College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1852. Rector of Londesborough, Yorkshire (1889-1903).
Author of several volumes of poetry including Wood-Notes and Church-Bells (1873), Lyrics; Sylvan and Sacred (1878), Sungleams: Rondeaux and Sonnets (1882), Benedicite, and Other Poems (1889), and Lyra Pastoralis: Songs of Nature, Church and Home (1902). Biographical information: Hymnary; BL; Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p. 503. (CC)