WILDE, William Charles Kingsbury (1852–99), journalist, was born 26 September 1852 in Dublin, eldest son of Sir William Wilde, surgeon and antiquary, and his wife, the poet and journalist ‘Speranza’ (Jane Francesca Elgee). He was educated at St Columba’s College, near Dublin, and Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, and was a good if erratic ... Read more
