Wilfrid Wills
Wilfrid Dewhurst Wills[1] (15 October 1898 – 20 April 1954)[2] was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Morley[3] from 1931[4] to 1935.[5]
The son of a Director of Wills Tobacco,[6] he was born at Bromley, Kent and educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He served in both World Wars: as an Officer in the 5th Dragoon Guards from 1916 to 1919; and as a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve from 1939 to 1945.
External links
- ↑ Mr. W. D. Wills. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 22 Apr 1954; pg. 8; Issue 52912
- ↑ thePeerage.com
- ↑ Parliament UK vol 187
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ ‘WILLS, Wilfrid Dewhurst’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 10 Feb 2014
- ↑ Genealogical web site
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| Preceded by Ben Turner |
Member of Parliament for Batley and Morley 1931–1935 |
Succeeded by Willie Brooke |
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