John Nathanial Wilson was a New Zealand politician. Wilson was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 23 November 1877. He was a member of the Grey Ministry as a member of the Executive Council without portfolio from 2 November 1878 to 8 October 1879. He resigned from the Legislative Council on 22 June 1893 and went to England. In 1897, it was reported that he was dying from cancer.