Among other considerations, Wikipedia explains thus: Christopher Wilson (7 October 1874 - 17 February 1919) was a British composer and conductor best known for his theatre music. He was born in Melbourne, Derbyshire, into a musical family. His mother and grandmother were both accomplished pianists, and his uncle, Francis William Davenport, was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music. He showed early musical promise as a composer and performer (piano, organ, violin, viola). In 1889 he won the first choral scholarship at Derby School. In 1892 he became a student at the Royal Academy of Music under Alexander Mackenzie, where he was awarded the Mendelssohn Scholarship in 1895. He studied with Franz Wüllner in Cologne, Heinrich von Herzogenberg in Berlin and Charles-Marie Widor in Paris. His Suite for String Orchestra was first performed while he was in Cologne and published in 1899. It shows the influence of the Grieg and Tchaikovsky suites for string orchestra, and perhaps of Parry in "mock baroque" mode.
The first motif is also very similar to the first motif in my Sonata in G Minor for 2 Violins. It's a very simple motif, though, so It's not surprising
