Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton (28 March 1880 – 1 December 1956), also known by Sir Gilbert Wills, 2nd Baronet of Northmoor & Manor Heath, was a British businessman and

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Member of Parliament from 1909 to 1929.

Family

Wills was the son of

Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet (22 November 1838 – 18 February 1909) was a businessman, philanthropist and politician in the United Kingdom. He was a director of W. D. & H. O. Wills, a famous tobacco company headquartered in Bristol which ...

, and his wife Annie (née Hamilton). The Wills family were owners of W. D. & H. O. Wills, tobacco importers and cigarette manufacturers, which later became part of

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. Wills was President of the latter company and also served as a Member of Parliament for

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from 1912 to 1918 and for

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from 1918 to 1922. In the 1929 Dissolution Honours he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dulverton, of

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in the

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. Lord Dulverton married Victoria May, daughter of Sir Edward Chichester, 9th Baronet, in 1914. He died in December 1956, aged 76, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Anthony.

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * * *

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