Gp Capt Frank Andrew Willan
1915 - 1981 (65 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Gp Capt Frank Andrew Willan was born on 21 Dec 1915 (son of Brigadier Robert Hugh Willan, DSO, MC and Violet Constance Crabbe); died on 12 Nov 1981. Notes:
He was an English pilot, Royal Air Force officer and Conservative politician. He was Chairman of Wiltshire County Council from 1973 to 1979.
Family/Spouse: Joan Wickham Legg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Brigadier Robert Hugh Willan, DSO, MC was born in 1882 (son of Colonel Frank Willan and Louisa Marguerite Anne Douglas); and died. Notes:
Educ Eton
2nd Lt Kings Royal Rifle CorpsRobert + Violet Constance Crabbe. Violet was born about 1882; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Violet Constance Crabbe was born about 1882; and died. Children:
- Lieutenant Martin Stuart Willan was born about 1909 in Bedfordshire; died on 25 May 1940 in France; was buried in Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Ref: Plot L. Grave 17.
- 1. Gp Capt Frank Andrew Willan was born on 21 Dec 1915; died on 12 Nov 1981.
Generation: 3
4. Colonel Frank Willan was born on 8 Feb 1846 (son of John James Willan and Jane Onslow); died on 22 Mar 1931. Notes:
of Burley Manor, Ringwood and Thorne Hill Park, Bitterne, Southampton
Colonel of the 3rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry (He wrote their history)
Alderman for the County of Hampshire, Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant
A sportsman, was a heavily involved in rowing including captaining 'the Oxford Four, which had beaten Harvard on the tideway'.Frank married Louisa Marguerite Anne Douglas in 1875. Louisa (daughter of Captain Charles Robert George Douglas and Louisa Robinson) was born about 1852 in Dheli, India; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Louisa Marguerite Anne Douglas was born about 1852 in Dheli, India (daughter of Captain Charles Robert George Douglas and Louisa Robinson); and died. Notes:
Mrs. Louisa Douglas, widow of Lieutenant [sic] C.R.G. Douglas, 22d [sic] Regiment National Infantry, killed by the mutineers at Delhi on 11 May 1857. 60 L, and 14 L. per annum for her daughter.
Note: This should be 'Captain', not 'Lieutenant', and '32nd', not '22d'
Married ??? of Dunsborough, Surrey 1875. Had 3 sons and 2 daughtersChildren:
- Margaret Willan was born about 1876; and died.
- Nina Willan was born about 1876; and died.
- John Willan was born in 1876; died in 1887.
- Brigadier Frank Godfrey Willan, CMG, DSO was born about 1878; died on 2 Jun 1957.
- 2. Brigadier Robert Hugh Willan, DSO, MC was born in 1882; and died.
Generation: 4
8. John James Willan was born in 1799 in Whitchurch, Hampshire (son of William Willan); died on 15 Sep 1869. Notes:
John James Willan (born 1799 in England; died 15 September 1869 at Whitchurch, Hampshire) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1830. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a member. He made 13 known appearances in first-class matches.
He inherited Brownswood (later Finsbury Park) from his father. 1821 an Act authorized the prebendary to lease the demesne of Brownswood to the Willans for 99 years, in order that they could grant building leases, rendering him 44 per cent of the gross revenues. In 1826 a second Act confirmed a building lease of 295 a., made ineffective by the builder's bankruptcy. In 1855 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners conveyed the freehold of the 189 a. north of Seven Sisters Road and the manorial rights to William Willan's executors, in exchange for 156 a. to the south. Under the Finsbury Park Act, 1857, the Metropolitan Board of Works acquired most of the Willans' share and some copyhold land, laid out 115 a. as Finsbury Park, and built up Endymion Road on the remainder. The park passed in 1889 to the L.C.C. and in 1965 to the G.L.C., which administered it in 1976.
(they?) lived at Thomas Bank House, Whitchurch, Oxon (sic).
It is possible that he operated a stagecoach on the Brighton Road, working out of the Bull and Mouth Inn, called 'The Magnet'John + Jane Onslow. Jane (daughter of Rev George Walton Onslow) was born about 1799; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Jane Onslow was born about 1799 (daughter of Rev George Walton Onslow); and died. Children:
- 4. Colonel Frank Willan was born on 8 Feb 1846; died on 22 Mar 1931.
10. Captain Charles Robert George Douglas was born about 1824 (son of Major Robert Sholto Douglas); died on 11th May 1857 in Dehli, India. Notes:
32nd Bengal Native Infantry, the Assistant Resident, and commandant of the Palace Guard, murdered by mutineers at Delhi - 11th May 1857 Aged 33.
Charles married Louisa Robinson in 1850 in Dyrham, Gloucester. Louisa (daughter of Sir George Best (2nd bart) Robinson and Louisa Douglas) was born about 1829 in Macao, China; died on 9 Dec 1882 in Exeter College, Oxford, Oxford, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Louisa Robinson was born about 1829 in Macao, China (daughter of Sir George Best (2nd bart) Robinson and Louisa Douglas); died on 9 Dec 1882 in Exeter College, Oxford, Oxford, England. Notes:
Birth:
abt 1833?Children:
- 5. Louisa Marguerite Anne Douglas was born about 1852 in Dheli, India; and died.