Thomas Willoughby (MP)

Thomas Willoughby (MP)

Thomas Willoughby (11 June 1694 – 2 December 1742), English politician, was the second son of Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baron Middleton and Elizabeth Rothwell.

He married Elizabeth Southby of Birdsall (d. 25 April 1752) and had seven children:
*Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton (1726–1800)
*Francis Willoughby (b. 1727), of Hesley Hall, married on 25 May 1762 Octavia Fisher and had issue
*Rev. James Willoughby (1731–1816), rector of Guiseley, married Eleanor Hobson and had issue
*Cassandra Willoughby
*Elizabeth Willoughby, married in 1750 Rev. Edmund Garforth
*Emma Willoughby (d. 1781), married Rev. N. Hodgson
*Antonina Willoughby, married in 1765 Rev. Henry Hewgill

Through his marriage, he inherited Birdsall House, which would later become the chief residence of the Barons Middleton. [cite web | url=http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/family-estate/collections/middleton/biog-family.phtml | title=The Willoughby Family of Wollaton and Middleton | accessdate=2006-12-09]

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