A prominent Liverpool businessman, philanthropist and collector, David Jardine succeeded the 1st Lord Inverclyde as Chairman of the Cunard Shipping Line. He was uncle of Lawrence MacLaren, who assumed the management of the family's extensive timber importing and brokering firm on his death in 1917. His collection of 72 paintings and 67 drawings was sold at Christie's on 16 March 1917.
Jardine owned two paintings by or ascribed to Wilson:
P64B Ascribed to Wilson, View of Rome and the Ponte Molle, Private Collection
P224 Pantano Borghese, Private Collection, London
