John Willis (judge)

Sir John Ramsay Willis (1908 – 29 October 1988) was a British barrister and judge. He was known as J. Ramsay Wills at the planning bar and was known as "Jack" to his friends.^[1]

The son of Dr and Mrs J. K. Willis, of Cranleigh, Surrey, Willis was educating at Lancing College, where he was a scholar, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he took the BA and LLB. He was called to the English bar at Gray's Inn in 1932.

He was a High Court judge from 1966 to 1980, sitting in the Queen's Bench Division.

Arms

Coat of arms of John Willis
Notes Displayed on a painting at Gray's Inn.^[2] Crest Within a wreath Or and Azure a spur rowel Azure. Escutcheon Argent a chevron paly of eight Sable and Or between three spur rowels Azure. Motto Integritas

References

^ "Sir John Willis". The Daily Telegraph. 1 November 1988. p. 23.
^ "Gray's Inn Vestibule N3 WILLIS, John Ramsay 1969". Baz Manning. Retrieved 10 July 2025.

https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-170484

External links

Portraits of Sir John Ramsay Willis at the National Portrait Gallery, London

[1] "Sir John Willis". The Daily Telegraph. 1 November 1988. p. 23.

[2] "Gray's Inn Vestibule N3 WILLIS, John Ramsay 1969". Baz Manning. Retrieved 10 July 2025.

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