- Wills Baronets
There have been four Baronetcies created for members of the Wills family, owners of
W. D. & H. O. Wills and theImperial Tobacco Company . All four creations were in theBaronetage of the United Kingdom .The Wills Baronetcy, of Blagdon in the County of Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on
12 August 1893 for William Wills. He was later elevated the peerage asBaron Winterstoke . For more information on this creation, see the latter title.The Wills Baronetcy, of Manor Heath, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on
15 February 1897 forFrederick Wills , the cousin of the first Baronet of the 1893 creation. For more information on this creation, see theBaron Dulverton .The Wills Baronetcy, Hazelwood, Stoke Bishop, in Westbury-on-Trym in the County of Gloucester and Clapton-in-Gordano in the County of Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on
19 August 1904 for Edward Wills. He was a Director of theImperial Tobacco Company and the elder brother of the first Baronet of the 1897 creation. The second and third Baronets were also Directors of the Imperial Tobacco Company. The latter also served asLord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1930 to 1942.The Wills Baronetcy, of Blagdon in the County of Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on
19 July 1923 forGeorge Wills , President of the Imperial Tobacco Company. The second Baronet was a Director of the Imperial Tobacco Company. The fourth Baronet served asLord-Lieutenant of Avon and Somerset and as Pro-Chancellor of theUniversity of Bath .Wills Baronets, of Blagdon (1893)
*see the
Baron Winterstoke Wills Baronets, of Manor Heath (1897)
*see the
Baron Dulverton Wills Baronets, of Hazelwood and Clapton-in-Gordano (1904)
*Sir Edward Payson Wills, 1st Baronet (1834-1910)
*Sir Edward Chaning Wills, 2nd Baronet (1861-1921)
*Sir Ernest Salter Wills, 3rd Baronet (1869-1958)
*Sir (Ernest) Edward de Winton Wills, 4th Baronet (1903-1983)
*Sir (David) Seton Wills, 5th Baronet (b. 1939)Wills Baronets, of Blagdon (1923)
*Sir George Alfred Wills, 1st Baronet (1854-1928)
*Sir George Vernon Proctor Wills, 2nd Baronet (1887-1931)
*Sir George Peter Vernon Wills, 3rd Baronet (1922-1945)
*Sir John Vernon Wills, 4th Baronet (1928-1998)
*Sir David James Vernon Wills, 5th Baronet (b. 1955)ee also
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Henry Overton Wills III External links
* [http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/ernestwills1869.html Sir Ernest Wills, 3rd Baronet]
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
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