About Henry Overton Wills II
Lived 1800 – 1871. Henry Overton Wills II was a British industrialist and businessperson.
Henry Overton Wills II (3 July 1800 – 23 November 1871) of Ashley House, in Bristol, England, was a tobacco merchant who in 1830 together with his elder brother William Day Wills co-founded W.D. & H.O. Wills, a company which (building on the successful tobacco business established by their father) by the late 1800s had become Britain's largest importer of tobacco and manufacturer of tobacco products.
Origins Henry Overton Wills II was born on 3 July 1800 in Bristol, the younger of the two sons of Henry Overton Wills I (1761–1826) by his wife Ann Day. In 1786 his Salisbury-born father, with his partner Samuel Watkins, had opened a tobacco shop in Bristol, which grew into a successful business.
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tobacco manufacturer (1800-1871)
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Henry Overton Wills II was an industrialist and businessperson.
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