George Atkinson-Willes

Admiral Sir George Lambart Atkinson-Willes, KCB (13 July 1847 – 25 December 1921) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Naval career
Educated at Leamington College and at the Royal Naval Academy in Gosport, Atkinson-Willes joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1861 and took part in the Abyssinian Expedition in 1868.

Promoted to Captain in 1886, he commanded HMS Comus, HMS Indefatigable, HMS Agamemnon, HMS Hero and then HMS Howe. He was appointed Commodore commanding the Training Squadron in 1895 and then commanded the Dockyard Reserve at Chatham from 1898. In 1901 he assumed the additional surname of Willes in compliance with the will of his uncle Admiral Sir George Ommanney Willes. Promoted to Rear Admiral that year, he became Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet in 1902 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1903. He was at the head of a squadron of three ships which took part in the Somaliland Campaign in 1904. He retired in 1912.

Family
He married Alice Mort (1856-1938), daughter of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort.