William Henry Wills Sir William Henry Wills For the US politician , see William Henry Wills ( politician ) . William Henry Wills , 1st Baron Winterstoke Bt ( September 1 1830 – January 29 1911 ) , was the first chairman of Imperial Tobacco . He was from the wealthy Bristol tobacco importing Wills family . In 1904 Wills gave the people of Bristol the gift of the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery . He was made a baronet in 1893 and was subsequently raised to the peerage in 1906 . When he died in 1911 Wills ' estate was worth UK £ 2 , 548 , 209 . Lord Winterstoke died without heirs , so the title Lord Winterstoke became extinct upon his death . William was the brother of Henry Overton Wills III , first chancellor of the University of Bristol . This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment 's Peerage Page .  This United Kingdom business -related biographical article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : United Kingdom business biography stubs | 1830 births | 1911 deaths | English business people | People from Bristol | Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom | Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom the US politician William Henry Wills ( politician ) 