Edward Willis (British Army officer)

Willis was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) as a second-lieutenant on 14 February 1890,^[3] promoted to lieutenant on 14 February 1893, and to captain on 19 January 1900.^[4] He was attached to the 60th battery RFA which was stationed in British India until November 1902, when he was in command as they returned home.^[5] They were subsequently stationed at Ballinrobe, County Mayo.^[6]

After serving in World War I, during which he was promoted to temporary brigadier general in January 1916,^[7] he was appointed major general, Royal Artillery in 1921 and Director of the Royal Artillery in 1927.^[8] He became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1929^[9][10] and retired in 1934.^[9]

Having been appointed CB, CMG and received the Order of St Stanislaus, 2nd Class (with swords)^[11] in the course of his career, Willis died at his house, Westlands, at Saint Brélade, Jersey on 26 June 1961. In 1904 he married Sarah Augusta Barlow, daughter of Micah Barlow.^[12] Their son, Major John Henry Willis, M.C., of the 12th Lancers, was the second husband of the actress Hermione Baddeley, from 1940 until their 1946 divorce.^[13][14] In 1925, he married Ellis Mary, daughter of Alexander William Duke.^[15]

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Francis Bingham	Lieutenant Governor of Jersey 1929–1934	Succeeded by Sir Horace Martelli