Francis Willoughby, 2nd Baron Middleton (4 October 1692 – 31 July 1758), was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1713 to 1727. He succeeded to a barony in the Peerage of Great Britain. Wollaton Hall Nov2010

He was born the eldest son of Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baron Middleton, and Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Richard Rothwell, 1st Bt. He was the brother of Hon. Thomas Willoughby, MP. He was educated at

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and at

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, graduating MA in 1712. He was returned as

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for

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at the general elections of

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and

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. At the 1722 general election he was returned as MP for Tamworth until 1727. He succeeded to the barony on his father's death in 1729, and inherited estates at

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(where he lived), and at Middleton Hall, Middleton,

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. He was

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from 1729. He married Mary Edwards in 1723 by whom he had two sons, who succeeded in turn to the barony, and a daughter: *

Francis Willoughby, 3rd Baron Middleton Francis Willoughby, 3rd Baron Middleton (25 January 1726 – 16 December 1774), was an English nobleman, the eldest son of Francis Willoughby, 2nd Baron Middleton. He was educated at Bury St Edmund's School, and entered Jesus College, Cambridge, i ...

(1726–1774) *

Thomas Willoughby, 4th Baron Middleton Thomas Willoughby, 4th Baron Middleton (19 December 1728 – 2 November 1781), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1762 to 1774, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Middleton. Willoughby was the second son of Fr ...

(1728–1781) *daughter, name unknown

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