Victoria May Chichester 1887-1968
Victoria was born about 1887, the daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester and Catherine Emma Whyte, at Instow, Devon.
I have identified the following children.
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The Right Hon. Sir Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills, O.B.E., (1st) Baron Dulverton, of Batsford, in the county of Gloucester, second baronet, of Northmoor, Somerset, was born on March 28, 1880, the second son of Sir Frederick Wills and Anne Hamilton, at Clifton, Gloucestershire.
He was educated privately and at Magdelan College, Oxford.
He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1909.
In 1914 Edward married Victoria May Chichester.
He served throughout the 1914-18 War with the Royal Devon Yeomanry and later in the Machine Gun Corps, fighting at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.
In 1924 he became chairman of the Imperial Tobacco Company, and in 1947 he resigned his chairmanship and was elected president of the company.
Edward was created the first Baron Dulverton of Batsford on 8 July 1929.
Victoria May Chichester 1887-1968 Victoria was born about 1887, the daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester and Catherine Emma Whyte, at Instow, Devon. I have identified the following children. |
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| Frederick Anthony Hamilton | Born 19 Dec 1915 | Married Judith Betty Leslie-Melville Ruth Violet Mary Farquhar | |||
| Edward Robert Hamilton | Born abt 1918 | ||||
| Victor Patrick Hamilton | Born abt 1926 | Married Felicity Betty Jonsson |
| Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills |
b: 28 Mar 1880 Clifton, Gloucestershire 1880 2Q Barton R. 6a 59 son of Sir Frederick Wills and Annie Hamilton |
| Victoria May Chichester |
b: abt 1887 Instow, Devon 1887 3Q Barnstaple 5b 483 daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester and Catherine Emma Whyte |
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2 Dec 1914 Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills Victoria May Chichester | 1914 4Q Tendring 4a 1503 |
| WILLS : CHICHESTER - On the 2nd Dec., at St. James's, Clacton-on Sea, by the Rev. Canon Sheppard, Sub-Dean of the Chapeis Royal, assisted by the Rev. W. M. Selwyn, Vicar of S. Simons, Chelsea, and the Rev. H. Hensman, Vicar of the Parish, Sir Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills, Bart., M.P., Capt., Royal North Devon Hussars, second son of the late Sir Frederick Wills, of Northmoor, Dulverton, and Victoria May, third daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, Bart. of Youlston, and of Lady Chichester, Instow, Devon. |
| Frederick Anthony Hamilton Wills |
b: 19 Dec 1915 1916 1Q Kensington 1a 138 son of Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills and Victoria May Chichester |
| Edward Robert Hamilton Wills |
b: abt 1918 1918 2Q Barnstaple 5b 603 son of Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills and Victoria May Chichester |
| Victor Patrick Hamilton Wills |
b: abt 1926 1926 2Q St Geo Hanover Square 1a 587 son of Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills and Victoria May Chichester |
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Sir Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills Lord Dulverton |
Died 1 Dec 1956, Age 76, at his home at Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire Buried in Batsford Churchyard, Gloucestershire 1956 4Q N. Cotswold 7b 529 |
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DULVERTON, Baron - of Batsford, the right honourable Gilbert Alan Hamilton, of Batsford Park, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, died 1 December 1956, Probate London 4 February, to the honourable Frederick Anthony Hamilton Wills, the right honourable Robert John baron Sinclair of Cleeve K.C.B. K.B.E., and Thomas Murray Sowerby, company director. Effects £4,268,270 12s. 1d. |
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Victoria May (Chichester) Wills Lady Dulverton |
Died 1968, Age 81, 1968 2Q Westminster 5e 833 Buried in Batsford Churchyard, Gloucestershire |
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