Willis, Francis Henry WILLIS, FRANCIS HENRY. Adjn. at Trinity Hall, Oct. 1890. S. of William, Q.C., of 12, Northbrook Road, Lee, Kent. B. Apr. 7, 1872. School, Haileybury. Matric. Michs. 1890; B.A. 1893; M.A. 1930. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, June 30, 1897. Joined the S.E. and C. Railway, 1899; Assistant Goods Manager, 1911; Goods Manager, 1920. Indoor Commercial Manager, Southern Railway, 1923; Secretary, 1930. Married, Oct. 23, 1909, Carrie, eldest dau. of Henry Tipping, of Greenwich. Died Nov. 22, 1943, at Black- heath. Brother of WiUiam O. (1889). (Haileybury Reg.; Law Lists.) WILLIS, GEORGE SEXTUS. Adm. sizar at St John's, July i, 1846; re-adm. June 16, 1851, as a 'Ten-year man." [5th] s. of Mark, schoolmaster, of Newbury, Berks, (and Eliza). B. there. Bapt. July 13, 1827. School, North Walsham Grammar (Mr Dry). Head Master of the Protestant College, Malta, 1852-3. C. of St Saviour's, Chelsea, 1853. Died Oct. 9, 1853, at his father's house, aged 26. Brother of Henr\' M. (1836). {Clergy List; G. Mag., 18^4, i. 215.) WILLIS, GILBERT GORDON. Adm. at Trinity Hall, Oct. 1899. S. of Alfred, Esq., of Skeynes Park, Edenbridge, Kent. B. Jan. 22, 1881. School, Brighton College. Matric. Michs. 1899. A member of the London stock exchange, 1902. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Lieut., R.A.S.C.) [Brighton Coll. Reg.) WILLIS, HENRY GAYE. Adm. pens, at St John's, May 15, 1871. S. of the Rev. Henry Mark (1836) (and Maria Simpson Gaye). B. at Littledean, Gloucs. Bapt. Dec. 23, 1847. School, University College, London. Migrated to Clare, June 6, 1872. Matric. Michs. 1872; Scholar, 1872; B.A. (14/A Wrangler) 1876; M.A. 1879. Assistant Master at Dulwich College, 1876-7; at Manchester Grammar School, 1879-1918-. Author, Conic Sedions; Elementary Modern Geometry, etc. (Dulwich Coll. Reg.) WILLIS, HENRY JAMES. Adm. pens, at St John's, Dec. 14, 1831. Of Middlesex. Matric. Lent, 1832. Migrated to St Catharine's, as Fell. -Com., Mar. 13, 1832. WILLIS, HENRY JOHN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 7, 1876. S. of Frederick, of 16, Ladbroke Square, London. B. [Oct. 16], 1858, in London. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1876; B.A. 1880. 'Practised as a solicitor,' but not found in Law Lists. {Rugby Sch. Reg., 'Harry VVUlis.') WILLIS, HENRY MARK. .\dm. sizar (age 18) at Trinity, Sept. 18, 1836. S. of Mark. B. at Newbury, Berks. School, Reading. Matric. Michs. 1838; B.A. 1842. Ord. deacon (Gloucester), Sept. 29, 1844; priest. May 18, 1845; C. of Stroud, Gloucs., 1844-5. P.C. of Littledean, 1845-57. R. of Trimley, Suffolk, 1857-97. Married, May 19, 1846, Maria Simpson, youngest dau. of C. S. Gaye, Esq., of Shefiford, Beds. Died, Jan. 21, 1897. Father of Henry G. (1871); brother of Georges. (1846). iCrockford; Clergy List; Hockaday MSS.; The Guardian, Jan. 27, 1897) WILLIS, JAMES. Adm. at E.mmanuel, Nov. 9, 1754; from Balliol College, Oxford, whence he had matric. Jan. 31, 1740-1, age 17. [S. of James, gent., of Ringsvood, Hants.] Matric. Michs. 1754; LL.B. 1755. (Al. Oxon.) WILLIS, JAMES. Adm. pens, at St John's, May 3, 1826. S. of 'Mr Willis,' of Hunter Street, London. School, Ealing. Did not reside. WILLIS, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity, June i, 1768; a Westminster Scholar, 1769. S. of Philirenes, of London. Matric. Easter, 1770. WILLIS, JOHN. Adm. sizar (age 48) at Peterhouse, Feb. 3, 1773; a 'Ten-year man.' Of Cumberland. Matric. Easter, 1784; B.D. (Stat. Eliz.) 1784. Ord. deacon (Peterb.), June 6, 1773; priest (London), Feb. 27, 1774- V. of Ridge, Herts. ('B.D.'), 1779-99. Author, religious. Died July 12, i799. 'aged 77.' {T. A. Walker, 337; Northants. Clergy; Cussans, Herts.) WILLIS, JOHN. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 3, 1817. Of Kent. Matric. Michs. 1817; B.A. 1821; M.A. 1824. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Rochester, June 16, 1822; priest (Winchester), June i, 1823. V. of Haddenham with Cuddington, Bucks., 1826-55. Died May 4, 1855, aged 55. {Clerical Journal, iii. 251.) WILLIS, JOHN ARMINE. Adm. at King's (age 18), a scholar from Eton, June 7, 1858. [3rd] s. of Sherlock [M.D.] (Oriel College, Oxford, 181 1), of Cheltenham, Gloucs. [later of Little Shelford, Cambs.] B. [Mar. 5, 1839], at Cheltenham. Matric. Michs. 1858; B.A. (15^ Classic) 1862; M.A. 1865. Fellow, 1861-74. Adm. at Lincoln's Iim, Feb. 20, 1863. Called to the Bar, Apr. 30, 1866. Practised at the Chancery Bar till 1873. H.M. Inspector of Schools, 1873; Chief Inspector for the West of England, 1899; retired, 1904. Married, June 11, 1873, Janet, dau. of James Coutts Crawford. Died Dec. 21, 1916, at Hastings; buried at Little Shelford, Cambs. (King's Coll. Reg.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar; The Times, Dec. 23, 1916.) Willis, John William Bund WILLIS, JOHN CHRISTOPHER. Matric. Non-Coll., Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889. S. of Richard Charles, fruit-farmer, of Olga, Washington, U.S.A. (and Jane Bruce Steel). B. [Feb. 20], 1868, at Birkenhead. School, Birkenhead; and at Univ. College, Liverpool. Migrated to Caius, 1890; M.A. 1893; Sc.D. 1905. Frank Smart Student, 1890-3. Hon. Sc.D., Harvard. Assistant in Botany at Glasgow University, 1894-6; Director of the Botanical Gardens, in Ceylon, 1896-1911. Director of the Botanic Gardens, Rio de Janeiro, 1912-15. F.R.S., 1919. Married, 1897, Minnie, eldest dau. of T. Baldwin, of Bamsley, and had issue. Sometime editor of Journal of the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation. Author, A Manual and Dictionary of Flowering Plants; Age and Area; Agriculture in the Tropics; The Birth and Spread of Plants, etc. Of Montreux, Switzerland, in 1952. (Venn, 11. 511; Who's Who.) WILLIS, JOHN JAMIESON. Adm. (age 19) at Pembroke, Oct. I, 1891. 2nd s. of Sir William, Kt., late Accountant- General of the Navy, of Lee, Kent. B. there, Nov. 8, 1872. School, Haileybury. Matric. Michs. 1891; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1898; D.D., 1912. Ord. deacon (Norvvich), 1895; priest, 1896; C. of Great Yarmouth, 1895-1900. C..M.S. .Missionary in Ankole, 1900-2; at Entebbe, 1902-5; at Kavirondo, 1905-11. Archdeacon of Kavirondo and Chaplain to the Bishop of Uganda, 1909-11. Bishop of Uganda, 1912-34. Assistant Bishop to the Bishop of Leicester, I935-49- O.B.E., 1919 (for assistance rendered in German East African campaign) ; C.B.E., 1934. Married, May 21, 1924, Beatrix Maud, only dau. of Lieut.-General F. H. Tyrrell. Of Teignmouth, Devon, in 1952 (Haileybury Reg.; Crockford; Kelly, Handbook.) WILLIS, JOHN KEITH. .\dm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 1898. S. of Arthur Keith, physician. B. July 17, 1879, at Kilbum, London. School, St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1898; Scholar, 1900; B.A. (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, 1st Class) 1901; (Pt II, ist Class, 1902); M.B. 1907. At St Bartholomew's Hospital; House Physician there. M.K.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1904. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., R.A.M.C; mentioned in despatches). Practised at Cranleigh, Surrey. Married, 1907, Gertrude Eliza, dau. of George Gaviller Styles. Of Flag- stones, Cranleigh, in 1951. (Medical Directories; Who's Who in Surrey.) WILLIS, JOHN WALPOLE. Adm. FeU.-Com. at Trinity Hall, Nov. 28, 1820. [2nd s. of William, Captain, 13th Light Dragoons (and Mary, only dau. of Robert Hamilton Smith, of Lismore, Co. Dublin). B. Jan. 4, 1793- Schools, Rugby and Charterhouse, whence he was expelled, 1809.] Adm. at Gray's Inn, Nov. 4, i8ii. Called to the Bar, 1816. On the Northern Circuit, 1817. Puisne Judge, King's Bench, 1837. Received a warrant to organise a Court of equity in Upper Canada, but the Governor, caused his amotion. Judge in Demerara and, later, in New South Wales, 184 1-2 where he was also 'amoved.' Of Wick Episcopi, Worcs. J.P. and D.L. for Worcs. Married (i) Aug. 8, 1824, Mary Isabella, eldest dau. of Thomas Lyon-Bowes, nth Earl of Strathmore, and had one son ; the marriage was dissolved by Act of Parliament, 1833; (2) Sept. 15, 1836, Ann Susanna Kent, eldest dau. of Col. Thomas Henry Bund, of Wick Episcopi, and had further issue. Author of Willis's Equity Pleading (for many years a standard work on the subject); Duties and Responsibilities of Trustees ; On the Government of the British Colonies. Died Sept. 10, 1877. Father of John W.B. (1861); brother of William D. (1807). (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Carthusian Worthies; Boase, in. 1389; Inns of Court; D.N.B.) WILLIS, JOHN WILLIAM. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1892. B. Aug. 1874. School, Bowes. Matric. Michs. 1892. WILLIS (post WILLIS-BUND), JOHN WILLIAM BUND. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Caius, Sept. 30, 1861. [2nd] s. of John Walpole (1820). B. Aug. 8, 1843, at sea. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1861; (Law Trip., ist Class, 1864); B.A. and LL.B. 1865; M.A. 1868; Chancellor's medal, 1867. Assumed, by Royal Licence, the additional surname and arms of Bund, Aug. 15, 1864. .\dm. at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 26, 1866. Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1869. Professor of Constitutional Law and History at King's College, London, 1869-82. Lecturer in Law at Bristol University, i877-9- F.S.A. Of Wick Episcopi, Worcs. J.P. and D.L. for Worcestershire. Chairman of the Severn Fishery Board. Chairman of Quarter Sessions for Cardiganshire, 1892-1923. Alderman of the Worcs. County Council. C.B.E., 1918. Married (i) 1872, Hariette Penelope, sister of Sir Richard Temple, Bart., and had issue; (2) 1896, Mary Elizabeth, youngest dau. of General Frederick R. Thackeray, and widow of Col. Holcombe. Member of the Cymmrodorion, the Welsh Historical Society. Edited the History of Worcestershire in the Victoria County Histories. Edited the Black Book of St David's; Sede Vacante ( the register of the Dean and Chapter) ; Townshend's Diary of the Siege of 507