Francis 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.

He was the Unionist (Conservative) Member of Parliament for Bradford South, from 1918 to 1922. He was President of the Federation of British Industries (a predecessor of the CBI, 1925–26, a member of the Central Electricity Board 1927-46, a member of the Overseas Settlement Board from 1937, and Chev. of the Legion of Honour. He was also Master of the Blankney Hunt in 1919 and 1933. In business, he was a director of Lloyds Bank.