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Sir George Vernon Proctor Wills, Bt.   1887-1931
George was born on 21 March 1887, the son of George Alfred Wills and Susan Britton Proctor, at Leigh Woods, Somerset.
Nellie Jeannie Rutherford                    1887-1961
Nellie was born about 1887, the daughter of John Thomas Rutherford and Kate Bigglestone, at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.
I have identified the following children.
  George Peter Vernon Born 8 Jan 1922   Somerset Died 19 Apr 1945
Jean Mary Vernon Born abt 1925   Somerset Married Richard Hill
John Vernon Born 3 Jul 1928   Somerset Married Diana Veronica Cecil "Jane" Baker

Birth of Parents
George Vernon Proctor Wills b: 21 Mar 1887               Leigh Woods, Somerset       1887 2Q Bedminster 5c 718
son of George Alfred Wills and Susan Britton Proctor

Nellie Jeannie Rutherford b: abt 1887         Abergavenny, Monmouthshire       1887 4Q Abergavenny 11a 53
daughter of John Thomas Rutherford and Kate Bigglestone

Marriage
15 Nov 1919
George Vernon Proctor Wills
Nellie Jeannie Rutherford 		      1919 4Q Abergavenny 11a 125

The Times, Monday, Nov 17, 1919                     MARRIAGES
  Willls : Rutherford - On the 15th Nov., at St. Mary's Church, Abergavenny, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Bristol, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, assisted by the Rev. M. E. Davies, Vicar of the Parish, GEORGE VERNON PROCTOR, son of GEORGE ALFRED WILLS, of Bristol, to NELLIE JEANIE, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford, of Abergavenny.

Children
George Peter Vernon Wills b: 8 Jan 1922               Somerset       1922 1Q Axbridge 5c 712
son of George Vernon Proctor Wills and Nellie Jeannie Rutherford
Jean Mary Vernon Wills b: abt 1925               Somerset       1925 1Q Axbridge 5c 618
daughter of George Vernon Proctor Wills and Nellie Jeannie Rutherford
John Vernon Wills b: 3 Jul 1928               Somerset       1928 3Q Axbridge 5c 601
son of George Vernon Proctor Wills and Nellie Jeannie Rutherford

Death
George Vernon Proctor Wills Died 1 Feb 1931, Age 43,               1931 1Q Axbridge 5c 644

The Times, Wednesday, Feb 4, 1931                    DEATHS
  WILLS - On February 1st, 1931, at Langford Court, near Bristol, Mr. George Vernon Proctor Wills, Bt., in his 44th year.   Funeral service at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) at Blagdon Church.   Memorial service at St. Mary Redcliff, Bristol, at the same hour.   Cars will meet the train from London arriving 1:15 p.m.

The Times - Friday Feb 6, 1931  Read about his Funeral
 BRISTOL   8 May 1931                         Probate
WILLS, sir George Vernon Proctor, baronet, of Coombe Lodge, Blagdon, and of Langford Court, Langford, both in Somersetshire, died 1 February 1931, at Langford Court. Probate Bristol 2 March, to Henry Sommerville Gunn and George Wilfred Anson, esquires, and dame Nellie Jeannie Wills, widow. Effects £2,100,000
Probate Bristol 8 May, to Maitland Cecil Melville Wills M.C. esquire.   Effects £1,100,000
IN Memory of
Lieutenant Sir GEORGE PETER VERNON WILLS
228316, 2nd Bn., Coldstream Guards
Who Died Age 23
ON 19 April 1945

Son of Sir George Vernon Proctor Wills, 2nd Bt.,
and of Lady Wills, A.R.R.C., J.P.,
of Langford, Bristol
REMEMBERED WITH HONOR
ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY,
Argenta, Ferrara, Italy

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION
Death
Nellie Jeannie (Rutherford) Wills Died 28 Jan 1961, Age 73,               1961 1Q Norton 7c 245

The Times, Monday, Jan 30, 1961                         DEATHS
  WILLS - On January 28th, 1961, at the Rookery, Chew Magna, near Bristol, Jean Wills, wife of the late Sir George Vernon Proctor Wills, Bt.   Funeral at Bingdon Parish Church, on Thursday, February 2, at 2:30 p.m.
 
the Rookery, Chew Magna