[3] He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford, between 1922 and 1945, and the first of the Wells baronets of Felmersham, created on 21 January 1944.

All of Wells' other eight children served in the armed forces in the Second World War, which led to the family being dubbed "The Fighting Wellses of Felmersham".

[9] Lt Cdr Christopher "Kit" Wells was a gunnery officer on HMS Glorious and was killed when she was sunk in the Norwegian campaign on 8 June 1940.

[10] Major Thomas "Tom" Wells served in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and was killed in the Battle of Singapore on 13 or 14 February 1942.

[12] Another, George Crichton Wells, served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and reached the rank of Major.