George Alfred Wills was a President of Imperial Tobacco

Imperial Tobacco

Imperial Tobacco is a global tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom. It is the world’s fourth-largest cigarette company measured by market share , and the world's largest producer of cigars, fine-cut tobacco and tobacco papers...

 and the head of an eminent Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

 family.

He was the son of Henry Overton Wills III

Henry Overton Wills III

Henry Overton Wills redirects here. For Henry Overton Wills I and Henry Overton Wills II see the history of W. D. & H. O. Wills.Henry Overton Wills III was the first Chancellor of the University of Bristol....

 and Alice Hopkinson and was educated at Mill Hill School

Mill Hill School

Mill Hill School, in Mill Hill, London, is a coeducational independent school for boarding and day pupils aged 13–18. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, an organisation of public schools in the United Kingdom....

 before joining his father’s business, he eventually became the managing director.He was responsible for the giving of £110,000 and £25,000 for the creation of a halls of residence for Bristol University students.

Many of the boarding houses at Mill Hill School are located on Wills Grove, named after George Alfred Wills.

Sir George Alfred Wills, 1st Bt.