Henry Herbert Wills
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Henry Herbert 'Harry' Wills (20 March 1856 – 11 May 1922) was a businessman and
Wills tobacco
family.
He was the son of
Imperial Tobacco Company
.
His name is particularly associated with
Bristol University. He was responsible for meeting the funding needed to build Wills Hall, a hall of residence for Bristol University students.[1] He also funded the building of the H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory situated in Royal Fort Gardens.[2] With his brother Sir George Alfred Wills Bt, he was responsible for the building of the Wills Memorial Building, a landmark building of Bristol University, in memory of his father.[3]
He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset for 1910.[4]
Residence - Barley Wood, Wrington, Somerset.
Family
He was married to
Dame Monica Cunliffe Wills, but the union was apparently childless. However, one of his nephews, Walter Douglas Melville Wills, of Barley Wood (named in Burke's Landed Gentry
), bought Barley Wood from his said uncle, thus continuing the family ownership.
Henry was a nephew of
Sir Frank William Wills Kt, and a cousin of Gilbert Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton, & Sir Ernest Salter Wills, 3rd Baronet of Hazelwood
.
One of his brothers,
Wills tobacco
family business.
Archives
Documents relating to H.H. Wills are held at
Liverpool Record Office.[5]
References
- ^ History of Wills Hall
- ^ H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory
- ^ Building – 686 – Wills Memorial Tower – Bristol
- ^ "No. 28346". The London Gazette. 8 March 1910. p. 1679.
- ^ "National Archives Discovery catalogue, Imperial Tobacco". Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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