William Henry Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke, known as Sir William Wills, Bt., between 1893 and 1906, was a British businessman, philanthropist and Liberal politician.
Sir William Wills
"Birdseye". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1893
W.D. & H.O. Wills
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W.D. & H.O. Wills was a British tobacco manufacturing company formed in Bristol, England. It was the first British company to mass-produce cigarettes. It was one of the 13 founding companies of the Im
William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke
…tobacco-importing Wills family, Wills joined the family firm at an early age. In 1858 he went into partnership with two of his cousins to take over W. D. & H. O. Wills, which later became part of the Imperial Tobacco Company, of which he was the first chairman. Recognised as the head of the tobacco industry in Britain…
Wills former factory in Newcastle upon Tyne, pictured in 2009
Henry O. Wills, founder
The former W.D. & H.O. Wills warehouse building in Perth, Western Australia, pictured in 2018
Cut Golden Bar tobacco tin