Edward Willis (British Army officer)

Major-General Edward Henry Willis, CB, CMG (5 September 1870 – 26 June 1961) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

[1] His elder brother took over the family wool business, having served as a supernumerary captain (honorary major) with The Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment, and his younger brother was a provincial commissioner in Northern Rhodesia.

[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.

[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.

[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.