The community was first chartered in 1766 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth as Burton for General Jonathan Burton of Wilton.

* Frye's Measure Mill, a historic 150 year-old mill, is three miles west of downtown Wilton, at the junction of Davisville Road and Burton Highway, with tours available.

: For the Wilton Brands CEO, Revlon CEO, Sunbeam / American Household CEO, Sharper Image Chairman, see Jerry W. Levin

* Wilton Persons ( 1896-1977 ), White House Chief of Staff to President Dwight D. Eisenhower

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In the first year of Henry IV Chicheley was parson of Sherston, Wiltshire, and prebendary of Nantgwyly in the college of Abergwilly, Wales ; on 23 February 1401 / 2, now called doctor of laws, he was pardoned for bringing in, and allowed to use, a bull of the pope providing to him the chancellorship of Salisbury Cathedral, and canonries in the nuns ' churches of Shaftesbury and Wilton in that diocese ; and on 9 January 1402 / 3 he was archdeacon of Salisbury.

When the French captured Calais in January 1558, Guisnes held out by the courageous efforts of the English commander, William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton.

Moses Stuart ( March 26, 1780 – January 4, 1852, age 71 ), an American biblical scholar, was born in Wilton, Connecticut.

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, MP, PC ( 6 January 1673 – 9 August 1744 ) was the first of fourteen children by Sir James Brydges, 3rd Baronet of Wilton Castle, Sheriff of Herefordshire, 8th Baron Chandos ; and Elizabeth Barnard.

In January 2007, Wilton stopped making required payments to ISTHA for the oases, and by February 2008, when the back rent grew to $ 1. 4 million, Wilton and ISTHA entered into settlement negotiations.

The archdiocese is currently led by Wilton D. Gregory, who was installed as the seventh bishop and sixth archbishop of Atlanta on 17 January 2005.

Sir Frank Wilton Baillie, KBE ( August 9, 1875 – January 2, 1921 ) was a Canadian industrialist who played a significant role in establishing the modern steel industry in Canada.

He died in January 1911 at his country home of Wilton Park in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire and he was buried at nearby Littleworth.

I've seen it with Peggy Ashcroft, with Vivien Leigh, with Googie Withers, with Penelope Wilton and I played it myself when I was 19.

* Seymour Edward Frederick Egerton, 6th Earl of Wilton ( 1896 – 1927 )

* 1962 – Michael Wilton, American musician ( Queensrÿche and Soulbender )

* 1946 – Penelope Wilton, English actress

* 1722 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor ( d. 1803 )

LeRoy Wilton Homer, Jr. ( August 27, 1965 – September 11, 2001 ) was the First Officer of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all 33 passengers and seven crew members.

* 1974 – Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player

* July 1 – Battle of Wilton in England.

* July 16 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor ( d. 1803 )

** May – Wilton

Edward is depicted as the central saint of the Wilton Diptych ( c. 1395 – 99 ), a devotional piece made for Richard II, but now in the collection of the National Gallery.

* Richard Basehart as Wilton Knight – The creator of FLAG who dies in the pilot episode.

Leda and the Swan by Cesare da Sesto ( c. 1506 – 1510, Wilton, Wiltshire | Wilton ).

* St Edith of Wilton parish church, Baverstock Lane, Dinton, Wiltshire: restoration 1880 – 93

* Internment: The Diaries of Harry Seidler May 1940 – October 1941, Unwin Hyman 1987, ISBN 0-86861-915-9, in co-operation with Janis Wilton, Judith Winternitz ( out of print )

* Frank Wilton ( 1905 – 1977 ), an American football player and coach

* Greg Wilton, ( 1955 – 2000 ), Australian politician

* Joseph Wilton ( 1722 – 1803 ), an English sculptor

Wilton " Witt " R. Stephens ( 1907 – 1991 ) was born in Prattsville and is the older brother of Jack Stephens.

She married Reginald Grey, Baron Grey of Wilton ( 1420 / 1421 – 22 February 1494 ), and had issue.

* Gurn Spring – A hamlet southeast of Wilton village on County Road 33.

* Kings Station – A hamlet south of Wilton village on US-9.

* Loughberry Lake – A small lake in the southwest part of Wilton.

* Travers Corners – A hamlet south of Wilton village.

* Wilton – The hamlet of Wilton in located on US-9 at the junction with County Roads 101, 32, 33, and 34, in the north part of the town.

September ’ 95, Kpormakpor ’ s Council of State is succeeded by one under civilian Wilton G. S. Sankawulo and with the factional heads Charles Taylor, Alhaji Kromah and George Boley in it.

In September 1986, seventh graders from Wilton Elementary were moved to Hawley and in 1987, sixth graders from Wilton also began to attend Hawley.

A further meeting on 16 September, held in Bolton, appointed a committee of six Boltonians chaired by Lord Grey de Wilton to attend at Manchester.

Bowra departed Beijing in September, and on his way home spent three weeks in St Petersburg ( then called Petrograd ), as the guest of Robert Wilton.

* Saint Wulfthryth ( d. 988 AD ), mother of St. Edith of Wilton, her Feast Day is September 13th.

Wilton joined the club in September 1883 as a player but never progressed beyond the second string eleven.

* Vita and Virginia ( Virginia Woolf ), Minerva Theatre, August – September 1992 ( original production for the Chichester Festival Theatre, with Penelope Wilton as Vita Sackville-West ), Ambassador's Theatre, London, 1993 – 94, and Union Square Theatre ( Off-Broadway ), 1994 ( with Vanessa Redgrave as Vita ) — this play was written by Atkins based on the letters and diaries of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

* Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton 12 September 1586 – 14 October 1593