Sir Charles Wells, 2nd Baronet

Sir Charles Maltby Wells, 2nd Baronet (1908-1996) was a British baronet, the second of the Wells baronets of Felmersham.[1]

Biography

Born on 24 July 1908, the son of Sir Richard Wells, 1st Baronet (1879-1957), the Conservative Member of Parliament for Bedford,[2] and the grandson of Charles Wells (1842-1914), founder of the brewery company Charles Wells Ltd,[3] Sir Charles Maltby Wells was educated at Bedford School and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was the second of the Wells baronets of Felmersham, created on 21 January 1944, succeeding to the title upon the death of his father on 26 November 1957.[4] During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant Colonel with the Royal Engineers.

Sir Charles Maltby Wells died on 23 June 1996, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Christopher Charles Wells, 3rd Baronet (born 1936).[5][6]

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References
  1. "Who's Who". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. "Who's Who". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. "- Person Page 60739". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. "- Person Page 60740". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. "- Person Page 60738". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. "Who's Who". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Richard Wells, 1st Baronet		 Baronet
(of Felmersham)
1957–1996		 Succeeded by
Sir Christopher Wells, 3rd Baronet
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