Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby

Francis Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby, CMG, CBE, MVO, TD (29 September 1884 – 30 April 1982) 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, (B.A.,1906, M.A.,1908). He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Barnby in 1929, inheriting the Blyth estate He served as Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, and was later (same rank) Assistant Director of Equipment and Ordnance for the War Office, 1916–20. He fought in World War I serving in Egypt and Gallipoli.

Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby

Francis Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby, CMG, CBE, MVO, TD (29 September 1884 – 30 April 1982) 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, (B.A.,1906, M.A.,1908). He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Barnby in 1929, inheriting the Blyth estate He served as Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, and was later (same rank) Assistant Director of Equipment and Ordnance for the War Office, 1916–20. He fought in World War I serving in Egypt and Gallipoli.