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Sir George Alfred Wills, 1st Baronet of Blagdon (3 June 1854 – 11 July 1928) was a President of Imperial Tobacco and the head of an eminent Bristol family. He was the son of Henry Overton Wills III and Alice Hopkinson and was educated at Mill Hill School before joining his father’s business; he eventually became the managing ...
- Alfred Wills - Wikipedia
Sir Alfred Wills (11 December 1828 – 9 August 1912) was a...
- Alfred Wills - Wikipedia
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Jack Seton Wills (born 2005). Wills baronets, of Blagdon (1923) Sir George Alfred Wills, 1st Baronet (1854–1928) Sir George Vernon Proctor Wills, 2nd Baronet (1887–1931) Sir George Peter Vernon Wills, 3rd Baronet (1922–1945) Sir John Vernon Wills, 4th Baronet (1928–1998)
His son George Alfred Wills provided the money to build a hall of residence in memory of his brother Henry Herbert Wills on the site of Downside House, formerly the residence of the Georges, a family of Bristol brewers. George Alfred Wills originally planned to base the residence around Goldney Hall in Clifton, next to Clifton Hill House.
On 14 January 1908 at the annual College Colston society dinner George Alfred Wills rose to his feet and dramatically announced the news that his father, Henry Overton, was to donate £100,000 to the cause promoting the creation of the university providing that a royal charter was obtained within two years.
Alfred Wills ( 11 de dezembro de 1828 — 9 de agosto de 1912) foi um juiz e alpinista inglês. Conhecido por sua sentença no processo que condenou a homossexualidade de Oscar Wilde . Jurista. Caricatura de Wills por Leslie Ward para a Vanity Fair, em 1896.
Sir George Alfred Wills, 1st Baronet (1854–1928), eldest son and heir, of Combe Lodge, Blagdon, Somerset, and of Burwalls, Leigh Woods, Long Ashton, Somerset. He served as managing director and later as president of Imperial Tobacco.
