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.

  1. Mr. W. D. Wills. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 22 Apr 1954; pg. 8; Issue 52912
  2. thePeerage.com
  3. Parliament UK vol 187
  4. London Gazette
  5. ‘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
  6. Genealogical web site
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Ben Turner		 Member of Parliament for Batley and Morley
1931–1935		 Succeeded by
Willie Brooke
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