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Robert Wills may refer to: * Robert Cooper Wills, Irish Anglican priest * Robert Wills (cricketer), Irish cricketer * Robbie Wills, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives See also * Bob Wills James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although S ... (James Robert Wills), American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader * Bobby Wills, Canadian country music singer-songwriter {{hndis, Wills, Robert ...
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Robert Cooper Wills
Robert Cooper Wills was Archdeacon of Cloyne from 1889 until 1919. Wills was born at Carrick-on-Shannon on 30 December 1836, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1862. After curacies at Shinrone, Dunkerrin and Lorrha he held incumbencies at Kanturk and Timoleague before his appointment as Archdeacon."Ecclesiastical appointments" The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ... (London, England), Thursday, 30 Oct 1890; pg. 1; Issue 33156 References 1836 births People from Carrick-on-Shannon Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Cloyne Year of death missing Christian clergy from County Leitrim 19th-century Irish Anglican priests {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ...
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Robert Wills (cricketer)
Robert Thomas Wills (born 19 July 1950) is a former Irish first-class cricketer. Wills was born at Belfast and educated in the city at Everton Secondary School. Playing his club cricket for Woodvale in Belfast, Wills made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Dublin in 1981. The following season he made his debut in List A one-day cricket against Northamptonshire at Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ... in the NatWest Trophy. He played first-class and List A cricket for Ireland until 1985, making five appearances in first-class cricket and four in List A cricket. In first-class cricket, he scored 121 runs at a batting average of 17.28, with a highest score of 48. In List A cricket, he scored 24 runs with a high score of 13. ...
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Robbie Wills
Robert D. Wills, Jr. (born May 27, 1968) is an American attorney and former politician residing in Conway, Arkansas. He is the former Speaker of the House of the Arkansas House of Representatives and former State Representative representing House District 46 (as constituted from 2001 to 2011), which consisted of the western half of the City of Conway and a section of rural Western Faulkner County, Arkansas. Wills was sworn in as Speaker of the House of the 87th General Assembly on January 12, 2009. Wills was named to the Arkansas Business Power List in 2008 and the Arkansas Business 40 Under 40, also in 2008. Wills was elected as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat. Wills was first elected in 2004 and was reelected without opposition in 2006 and 2008. Wills was born on May 27, 1968, in Conway, Arkansas, and attended Conway Public Schools. His parents, Robert and Lou Jane Adams Wills are retired, long-time school teachers. As a child, Wills and his family lived at Pickles ...
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Bob Wills
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although Spade Cooley self-promoted the moniker "King of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969). Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle, Tommy Duncan on piano and vocals, rhythm guitarist June Whalin, tenor banjoist Johnnie Lee Wills, and Kermit Whalin who played steel guitar and bass. Oklahoma guitar player Eldon Shamblin joined the band in 1937 bringing jazzy influence and arrangements. The band played regularly on Tulsa, Oklahoma, radio station KVOO and added Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar, pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and a horn section that expanded the band's sound. Wills favored jazz-like arrangements and the band found national ...
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