Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Amụrụ nwa nke Rear Admiral George Knyvet Wilson na Agnes Mary Wilson (née Yonge), Wilson gụrụ akwụkwọ na Eton College tupu ọ banye na Royal Navy dị ka onye na-agba ụgbọ mmiri n'ụgbọ nke abụọ na 1855. Ọ nọ n'agha nke Kinburn n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1855 n'oge Agha Crimea. A kpọfere ya na HMS "Raleigh" nke anọ na ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri China na Septemba 1856 wee, mgbe ọ nwụsịrị "Raleigh" nso Hong Kong, kpọfere ya na HMS "Calcutta" nke abụọ wee hụ ihe na-achịkwa 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.