About Frank William Wills
Lived 1852 – 1932 (aged 79). Frank William Wills was a British architect, surveyor and cricketer.
Sir Frank William Wills (17 August 1852 – 26 March 1932) of Berkeley Square, Bristol, England, was a member of the Wills tobacco family, who became a noted British architect and went on to serve as Lord Mayor of Bristol.
Early life and career Frank Wills was born on 17 August 1852 in Bristol into a large family, as the fifth of seven children born to Henry Overton Wills II and his second wife Mary Seccombe (1815–1897). There were also eleven children from Henry's first marriage to Isabella Board (1806–1843).
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Who was Frank William Wills?
British architect and Lord Mayor of Bristol
When was Frank William Wills born?
Frank William Wills was born on 17 August 1852 in Bristol.
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Frank William Wills died on 26 March 1932 in Bristol.
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Frank William Wills was an architect, surveyor and cricketer.
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Frank William Wills was British.
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