J. S. Wilson
Colonel J. S. Wilson | |
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J.S. Wilson with Mishima Michiharu, Chief Scout of Japan, at the national training camp at Lake Yamanaka, on the slopes of Mount Fuji, December 1952 | |
| World Organization of the Scout Movement secretary general | |
| In office 1938–1951 | |
| Preceded by | Hubert S. Martin |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Spry |
Colonel John Skinner "Belge" Wilson (1888–1969) was a Scottish scouting luminary and friend and contemporary of General Baden-Powell, recruited by him to head the World Organization of the Scout Movement's bureau. Wilson was its acting director from 1938 to 1939, following the death of Hubert S. Martin. He was elected in 1939 and remained in office until 1951. He then became Honorary President of WOSM for four years.