Sir Ernest Salter Wills, 3rd Baronet of Hazelwood & Clapton in-Gordano, Laird of Meggernie Castle CStJ JP (30 November 1869 – 14 January 1958) was Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1930 to 1942.
Wills owned substantial properties in England and Scotland: Clapton Court, Somerset; Ramsbury Manor and Littlecote House (the family seat) in Wiltshire, acquired in 1929;[1] and Meggernie Castle in Perthshire.
He also owned the Château de l'oiseau bleu at Menton on the French Riviera.
Sir Ernest was succeeded in the title by his elder son; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir (Ernest) Edward de Winton Wills, 4th Baronet of Hazelwood, Laird of Meggernie Castle (1944), Scots Guards; the Officer Commanding the Royal Guard of HM King George VI, at Balmoral Castle.
Sir Ernest's most notable grandchildren are: Lt-Col (Sir) (Ernest) Edward de Winton Wills, as CO of the 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (the Royal Guard of HM King George Vi, at Balmoral Castle) while stationed in 1944, at Balmoral Castle (see the photograph of Lt.-Col. (Sir) (Ernest) Edward de Winton Wills, (4th Baronet of Hazelwood); here seated between Their Majesties King George VI; and Queen Elizabeth; seen at https://manchester-regiment.org.uk/frontend.php?pos=3686&action=zoom&keywords=Ref_No_increment;MATCHES;(%5E%7C%20+)MR03709($%7C%20+)&continueUrl=ZnJvbnRlbmQucGhwPyZrZXl3b3Jkcz0mYWN0aW9uPXNlYXJjaCZwYWdlcz0xMjAmcGFnZT0zMQ==