Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ nwa nwoke nke Rear Admiral George Knyvet Wilson na Agnes Mary Wilson (née Yonge), Wilson gụrụ akwụkwọ na Eton College tupu ya abanye na Royal Navy dị ka onye na-agba ụgbọ mmiri n'ụgbọ mmiri nke abụọ na 1855. Ọ nọ n'agha nke Kinburn n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1855 n'oge Agha Crimea. E zigara ya na HMS "Raleigh" nke anọ na ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri China na Septemba 1856 wee, mgbe ọ nwụsịrị "Raleigh" nso Hong Kong, zigara ya na HMS "Calcutta" nke abụọ wee hụ ọrụ dị ka ọchịagha nke egbe na ndị agha mmiri na
Agha nke Canton na Disemba 1857 na mgbe ahụ na Agha nke Taku Forts na Mee 1858 n'oge Agha Opium nke Abụọ. A họpụtara ya na steam frigate HMS "Topaze" na Pacific Station na Septemba 1859 ma bulie ya n'ọkwa lieutenant na 11 Disemba 1861. Mgbe ọ gachara njem nlegharị anya na steam frigate HMS "Gladiator", ọ sonyeere ụlọ akwụkwọ egbe HMS "Excellent" na Portsmouth na Eprel 1865. Ọ ghọrọ onye nkuzi na Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ọhụrụ na Yokohama na Japan na Mee 1867 na mgbe ahụ na ụgbọ mmiri ọzụzụ ọhụrụ HMS "Britannia" na Jenụwarị 1869.