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Francis WILLOUGHBY 1st Baronet Middleton

Francis WILLOUGHBY

1668 - 1688

Life History

1668

Born in Middleton, Warwickshire

1688

Died

Notes

  • The eldest son of Francis Willughby  the naturalist and his wife Emma, Francis was brought up on the family estate at Middleton in Warwickshire.
    He was only four years old when his father died.
    His mother married Sir Josiah Child in 1676 and the family moved to Wanstead in Essex.
    Francis was created a Baronet on 7 April 1677.
    At the age of 12 he ran away from home to live with his aunt, Lettice Wendy, where he was tutored at home before going on to St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1682.
    In 1685, having arranged for his brother Thomas to be brought away from his stepfather's house to Cambridge, Sir Francis took Sir Josiah to court, accusing him of squandering his inheritance.
    By the following year, Sir Francis had gained control of his own estate and decided to move into Wollaton Hall, which had lain empty since a fire in 1642 and the death of Sir Percival Willoughby in 1643.
    He intended to go on a Grand Tour in 1688, but fell ill in London and died in July 1688, aged only 20.
    He was succeeded by his brother, Thomas Willoughby.

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