Edward Willes (1723–1787)

Edward Willes (6 November 1723 – 14 January 1787)[1] was an English barrister, politician, and judge.

[2] Edward Willes (1702-1768), Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, was his second cousin.

Willes was educated at Worcester College, Oxford and at Lincoln's Inn where he was called to the bar in 1747, and became a bencher in 1757.

[2] In 1767, Willes purchased Little Grove (now demolished) in East Barnet, the house built for John Cotton of the Middle Temple in 1719.

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The West Prospect of New-Place in East Barnet in the County of Hertford . A view of the house more generally known as Little Grove in East Barnet that Willes purchased in 1767.