Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby

Who was Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby?

Francis Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby, CMG, CBE, MVO, TD was an English aristocrat, soldier and politician.

He was the son of Francis Willey, 1st Baron Barnby and was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford University,. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Barnby in 1929, inheriting the Blyth estate

He served as Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, and was later Assistant Director of Equipment and Ordnance for the War Office, 1916-20. He fought in World War I serving in Egypt and Gallipoli.

He was the Unionist Member of Parliament for Bradford South, from 1918 to 1922. He was President of the Federation of British Industries