Baron Dulverton, of Batsford in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1929 for the businessman Sir Gilbert Wills, 2nd Baronet

Gilbert Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton

Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton , known as Sir Gilbert Wills, 2nd Baronet, from 1909 to 1929, was a British businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament....

. He was President of the Imperial Tobacco Company and also sat as a Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Taunton

Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)

Taunton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors from 1295 to 2010, taking its name from the town of Taunton in Somerset...

 and Weston-super-Mare

Weston-super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency)

Weston-super-Mare is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

. The Baronetcy, of Northmoor in the County of Somerset, was created in 1897 for his father Frederick Wills

Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet

Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet was a businessman in the United Kingdom. He was a director of W. D. & H. O. Wills, which later merged into the Imperial Tobacco Company....

. He was a director of W. D. & H. O. Wills, which later merged into the Imperial Tobacco Company, and also represented Bristol North

Bristol North (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist. A member of the wealthy Bristol

Bristol

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 tobacco importing Wills family, he was the younger brother of Sir Edward Wills, 1st Baronet, and the cousin of William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke

William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke

William Henry Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke , known as Sir William Wills, Bt, between 1893 and 1906, was a British businessman, philanthropist and Liberal politician.-Background:...

. the titles are held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1992.

Wills Baronets, of Northmoor (1897)

• Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet
  Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet
  Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet was a businessman in the United Kingdom. He was a director of W. D. & H. O. Wills, which later merged into the Imperial Tobacco Company....
  
   (1838–1909)
• Sir Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills, 2nd Baronet (1880–1956) (created Baron Dulverton in 1929)

Barons Dulverton (1929)

• Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton (1880–1956)
• (Frederick) Anthony Hamilton Wills, 2nd Baron Dulverton (1915–1992)
• (Gilbert) Michael Hamilton Wills, 3rd Baron Dulverton (b. 1944)