Frederick Smyth (later used the spelling Smythe) Willis (1866 – 30 October 1910) was a British-born Australian municipal official who served as an alderman and as mayor of Willoughby, New South Wales, and in his professional capacity as a public accountant served as a founding member, and first honourable treasurer, of the Corporation of Accountants of Australia.
[2] Following the family's arrival in New Zealand, where his father bought farms and became an agriculturist, also serving as a local government official, Frederick was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, in Condell's house, from 1880 to 1882.
[14] In 1910, whilst visiting family in New Zealand, Willis died following a tram accident on 10 October in Grey Lynn, in which he was initially thought to have suffered only minor injuries.
[19] His wife's sister, Jessie Sinclair Bruce, married the politician, social reformer and medical practitioner Richard Arthur.
[20][21] His nephew was the engineer and archaeologist Leslie R. H. Willis; a niece, Jean, was an alpine plant cultivator and genealogist, and wife of the botanist Charles Ethelbert Foweraker.