Sir William Bass, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Arthur Hamar Bass, 2nd Baronet (24 December 1879 – 28 February 1952) was a British racehorse owner and a significant contributor to the racing industry.

Bass was first chairman of Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, which was founded in 1909 with the aim of opening a cinema in every town in the UK with a population of 250,000 or more.

[5] He enjoyed his first success in the Cesarewitch Handicap in 1903 with Grey Tick, and also owned the horses Rosedrop, Cyllene and Sceptre.

In 1947, along with others, Bass continued the family tradition of acting as a benefactor to the Burton upon Trent area by donating a peal of five bells to All Saints Church to be installed as a war memorial.

Sir William married Lady (Wilmot Ida) Noreen Hastings (1880–1949),[6] second daughter of the 14th Earl of Huntingdon and a notable sportswoman,[7] in 1903, but died, aged 72, without having children, leading to the extinction of the baronetcy.