Rev. James Wills (1 January 1790 – 23 November 1868) was an Irish writer, poet, and Anglican clergyman.
Early life and education
Wills was born in County Roscommon, the younger son of landowner Thomas Wills of Willsgrove, and his second wife, a daughter of Capt. James Browne of Moyne, Co. Roscommon. The Wills family were landed gentry in Roscommon. His grandfather Col. Godfrey Wills was an amateur architect.
His father died when he was 2 and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, William Robert Wills, who married Mary Grey Sanford, the niece and co-heiress of Henry Sandford, 1st Baron Mount Sandford of Castlerea House. He assumed the name and arms of Sandford in 1847. under the name of Charles Maturin. He was editor of the Dublin University Magazine in 1841 and 1842.