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| name = Allan Willett | office = Lord Lieutenant of Kent | honorific-suffix = CVO CMG KStJ | appointer = Elizabeth II | predecessor = Robert Leigh-Pemberton | successor = Phillip Sidney | termend = 24 August 2011 | termstart = 23 January 2002 | birth_name = Allan Robert Willet | birth_date = 24 August 1936 | death_date = 18 July 2015 }} Allan Robert Willett, CVO, CMG, KStJ (24 August 1936 – 18 July 2015) was an English soldier and businessman. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 2002 to 2011. LifeBorn in India in 1936, his family subsequently returned to Kent where Willett's father was a tea planter and farmer on the Isle of Thanet. His mother's family were artists with connections to the military and Kent cricket.[1] Willett was educated at Eastbourne College and was later commissioned during his National Service in the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). He was later seconded to the King's African Rifles in Kenya during the Mau Mau Uprising.[1] Upon leaving the military, he started his own business in 1962, importing machinery for the manufacturer of packaging and plastics. The resulting business, Willett International Limited became a market leader in electronic labeling processes and won two Queen's Awards.[2] In 2003 Willett International was sold to a competitor. He lived with his wife Anne in Chilham, Kent.[1][2] He died on 18 July 2015.[3] Honours and honorary positionsWillett was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to export. On 5 January 2002 he succeeded Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown as Lord Lieutenant of Kent. Willett was appointed Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John in 2003. He is also the former Chairman of the Canterbury Cathedral Trust Fund (of which he remains trustee), and was Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (a Territorial Army reserve battalion based at Canterbury) 2005-10, and Ambassador for Kent.[1][4] He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for his service as lord-lieutenant.[5] Other interestsIn January 2004 Willett created a charitable foundation whose principal beneficiaries are persons or organisations living, working or studying in Kent. He was also involved in various public sector roles including the chairman of the Industrial Development Board for London and the South East and the East Kent Enterprise Agency. In 1998 Willett helped the government establish the Regional Development Agency for the South East of England (South East England Development Agency).[1][2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Profile of Allan Willett CMG - Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Kent {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222045352/http://www.lord-lieutenant-kent.info/personal_profile.html |date=22 December 2007 }} The Lieutenancy of Kent (2008) {{S-start}}{{s-hon}}{{succession box | title=Lord Lieutenant of Kent | before=The Lord Kingsdown | after=Viscount De L’Isle | years=2002–2011}}{{S-end}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2011}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Willett, Allan}}2. ^1 2 Biography of Allan Willett {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029100443/http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page2758.asp |date=29 October 2007 }}, number10.gov.uk, 6 December 2001; accessed 13 April 2014. 3. ^Willett CMG CVO - Allan Robert 4. ^Cathedral appeal boss to step down BBC News (March 2007) 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=59808 |date=11 June 2011 |page=3 |supp=y }} 10 : 1936 births|2015 deaths|Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George|Knights of the Order of St John|Lord-Lieutenants of Kent|People associated with the University of Kent|Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) officers|King's African Rifles officers|British military personnel of the Mau Mau Uprising|Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order |
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