• Sir Gerald Wills, MBE (3 October 1905 – 31 October 1969) was a British barrister and politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgwater from 1950...
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    1970 Bridgwater by-election, following the death of the sitting MP, Sir Gerald Wills. King was brought into the Cabinet in 1983 by Prime Minister Margaret...
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  • Wills and Catlano were scheduled to be sentenced in February 2009. They faced up to eight years in prison and an $800,000 fine. In April 2010, Wills was...
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    Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region. "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?". "THOMER (TOMERE), William, of Bridgwater, Som". History...
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    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (/ˈdʒɛrəld/ JERR-əld; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the...
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  • Conant 1954–1955: Tam Galbraith 1955–1957: Hendrie Oakshott 1957–1958: Gerald Wills 1958–1959: Edward Wakefield 1959–1961: Harwood Harrison 1961–1964: Robin...
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  • Heath Hendrie Oakshott Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne Richard Thompson Gerald Wills 14 June 1955 Sir Anthony Eden (First Lord) Rab Butler (Chancellor of...
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    "ah-haa" calls. Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle...
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    Helen Newington Wills (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis...
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    1960   Michael Hughes-Young 6 March 1962   Comptroller of the Household Gerald Wills 19 January 1957 Knighted Edward Wakefield 23 October 1958   Harwood Harrison...
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  • Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by Reginald Croom-Johnson Member of Parliament for Bridgwater 1938–1950 Succeeded by Sir Gerald Wills...
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    Gerald Ford's tenure as the 38th president of the United States began on August 9, 1974, upon the resignation of president Richard Nixon, and ended on...
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  • Willink; MP for Croydon North (1940–1948) Gilbert Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton Gerald Wills Wilfrid Wills; MP for Batley and Morley (1931–1935) David Wilshire...
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  • Independent Progressive Vernon Bartlett 17,937 45.8 n/a Conservative Gerald Wills 15,625 39.9 −17.0 Labour Norman Corkhill 5,613 14.3 −5.5 Majority 2,312...
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  • directed by Joseph Kane and written by Gerald Drayson Adams. The film stars Rod Cameron, Adele Mara, Lorna Gray, Chill Wills, Jim Davis and Richard Jaeckel....
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    Watkins Labour Brentford and Chiswick Laddie Lucas Conservative Bridgwater Gerald Wills Conservative Bridlington Hon. Richard Wood Conservative Brierley Hill...
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    Thirty minutes later, Wills returned to the door and noticed there was more tape on the same door. Without hesitation, Wills rushed up to the lobby telephone...
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  • Vice-Marshal Sir George Ranald Macfarlane Reid, KCB, DSO, MC 5 August 1952: Major Gerald Montagu Augustus Ellis 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur D'Arcy...
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    Watkins Labour Brentford and Chiswick Michael Barnes Labour Bridgwater Gerald Wills Conservative Bridlington Richard Wood Conservative Brierley Hill J. E...
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    constituency in the House of Commons that followed the October 31 death of Gerald Wills. Miss Trudy Sellick, a secretary who had turned 18 years old earlier...
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  • with fiddle player Wills, although by 1933 they had three guitarists. On February 9, 1932, Brown, his brother Derwood, Bob Wills, and C.G. "Sleepy" Johnson...
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    Watkins Labour Brentford and Chiswick Dudley Smith Conservative Bridgwater Gerald Wills Conservative Bridlington Hon. Richard Wood Conservative Brierley Hill...
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  • Catherine Celinda Leopoldine FitzGerald, formerly Catherine Lambton, Viscountess Lambton, (born 18 May 1971) is an Irish landscape designer and gardener...
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    Watkins Labour Brentford and Chiswick Percy Lucas Conservative Bridgwater Gerald Wills Conservative Bridlington Hon. Richard Wood Conservative Brierley Hill...
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    Watkins Labour Brentford and Chiswick Dudley Smith Conservative Bridgwater Gerald Wills Conservative Bridlington Hon. Richard Wood Conservative Brierley Hill...
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  • Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin (13 July 1937 – 14 September 2011) was an Anglo-Irish hereditary knight, and author. He was the president...
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  • Emrys Hughes Labour James Sillars Labour Death Bridgwater 12 March 1970 Gerald Wills Conservative Tom King Conservative Death Wellingborough 4 December 1969...
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    Preceded by Tam Galbraith Comptroller of the Household 1955–1957 Succeeded by Gerald Wills Treasurer of the Household 1957–1959 Succeeded by Peter Legh Baronetage...
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    Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, KG, DL, FRIBA (21 August 1885 – 4 January 1972), styled Lord Gerald Wellesley between 1900 and 1943, was an...
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    Desmond Wyndham Otho FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin (20 January 1901 – 2 April 1949) was an Anglo-Irish hereditary knight and socialite. Born in Croom...
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