Arthur Wellesley Willey (1868 – 2 July 1923)[1] was an English solicitor and racehorse owner, who was briefly the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central.
The tip was popular, and the Yorkshire Evening Post estimated that Leeds bookmakers had had to pay out around £20,000 in winnings.
[3] Willey was not very active in Parliament owing to his commitments as a solicitor, although he intended to increase his Parliamentary work in the near future, and had taken a particular interest in the Criminal Justice Bill during his first session as an MP.
It was the anniversary of the death of his son Tom, killed at the age of 18 at the Battle of the Somme exactly seven years previously.
TOM WILLEY, Leeds Pals Division, killed in the Somme attack on 1 July 1916.