Sir Ernest Wills, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Ernest Salter Wills, 3rd Baronet CStJ JP
(30 November 1869 - 14 January 1958) was Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
from 1930 to 1942.
and of Lady Wills (she was Mary Ann, elder daughter of J. Chaning Pearce FGS
, of Montagu House, Bath), Wills succeeded his elder brother in the baronetcy in 1921.
The Wills family were part owners of W. D. & H. O. Wills, tobacco importers and cigarette manufacturers, which had been founded by Wills's great grandfather, Henry Overton Wills, in 1786, and later became part of Imperial Tobacco
. Wills was a cousin of Gilbert Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton
.
In 1894, Wills married Caroline Fanny Maud, daughter of William Augustine de Winton, of Westbury Lodge, Durdham Down, Bristol
, later appointed DStJ, and they had two sons and three daughters.
Wills owned substantial properties in England and Scotland: Littlecote House
, near Hungerford
, Wiltshire
, and Meggernie Castle
in Perthshire
, and also owned the Château de l'oiseau bleu at Menton
on the French Riviera
. He was a director of Imperial Tobacco and of the Portishead District Water Company.
He was succeeded in the title by his elder son, Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Edward de Winton Wills, Scots Guards
.
Justice of the Peace
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(30 November 1869 - 14 January 1958) was Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. From 1750, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.-Lord Lieutenants of Wiltshire:*William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1551 – 17 March 1570...
from 1930 to 1942.
Life
The son of Sir Edward Payson Wills, 1st Baronet, KCBOrder of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
and of Lady Wills (she was Mary Ann, elder daughter of J. Chaning Pearce FGS
Geological Society of London
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, of Montagu House, Bath), Wills succeeded his elder brother in the baronetcy in 1921.
The Wills family were part owners of W. D. & H. O. Wills, tobacco importers and cigarette manufacturers, which had been founded by Wills's great grandfather, Henry Overton Wills, in 1786, and later became part 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...
. Wills was a cousin of Gilbert Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton
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....
.
In 1894, Wills married Caroline Fanny Maud, daughter of William Augustine de Winton, of Westbury Lodge, Durdham Down, 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...
, later appointed DStJ, and they had two sons and three daughters.
Wills owned substantial properties in England and Scotland: Littlecote House
Littlecote House
Littlecote House is a large Elizabethan country house and estate in the civil parishes of Ramsbury and Chilton Foliat in the English county of Wiltshire near to Hungerford. The estate includes 34 hectares of historic parklands and gardens, including a walled garden from the 17th and 18th centuries...
, near Hungerford
Hungerford
Hungerford is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, 9 miles west of Newbury. It covers an area of and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 5,559 .- Geography :...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, and Meggernie Castle
Meggernie Castle
Meggernie Castle is a castle in the heart of Perth and Kinross, in central Scotland. It is located halfway up Glenlyon, where the river Lyon flows through on its way to join Loch Tay...
in Perthshire
Perthshire
Perthshire, officially the County of Perth , is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south...
, and also owned the Château de l'oiseau bleu at Menton
Menton
Menton is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.Situated on the French Riviera, along the Franco-Italian border, it is nicknamed la perle de la France ....
on the French Riviera
French Riviera
The Côte d'Azur, pronounced , often known in English as the French Riviera , is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France, also including the sovereign state of Monaco...
. He was a director of Imperial Tobacco and of the Portishead District Water Company.
He was succeeded in the title by his elder son, Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Edward de Winton Wills, Scots Guards
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
.