Sir John Wills, 4th Baronet

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Sir John Vernon Wills, 4th Baronet,

KStJ, TD, JP
(3 July 1928 – 26 August 1998) was an English landowner, businessman, farmer and royal representative.

Born on 3 July 1928, Wills came from a prominent

ARRC, JP (died 1961).[2]

Educated at

Somerset County Council from 1958 to 1974.[1]

Having been a magistrate for Somerset since 1962 and the High Sheriff of Somerset in 1968,[2] he served as the first and last Lord Lieutenant of Avon, from 1974 to 1996, and as the Lord Lieutenant of Somerset from 1994 to his death.[3] He was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1978 and a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1998.[2] He died on 26 August 1998.[1]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Charles Moseley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., vol. 3 (Wilmington: Burke's Peerage, 2003), p. 4198.
  3. Sainty, J. C. "Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (England & Wales) 1974-2005". Archived from the original
    on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
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