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Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron Middleton (24 April 1761 – 19 June 1835), was an

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nobleman, the only son of

Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton (19 December 1726 – 14 June 1800), was an English nobleman, the son of Hon. Thomas Willoughby. He was born at York in 1726 and entered Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1745. He succeeded his father in 1742, ...

. He married Jane Lawley, daughter of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet, and lived in the family seat at

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, which he had extensively remodeled under the direction of Sir Jeffry Wyattville. Lord Middleton was a keen fox hunter and was a regular follower of the Warwickshire Hunt. In 1811, he purchased the pack from the hunt's founder John Corbet, for 1,200

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. He remained the hunt's Master until 1821, when following a fall from his favourite horse ''Billy Button'', he passed on the mastership to

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.John Cooper "Venator", ''The Warwickshire from 1795 to 1836'', John Cooper, Warwick, 1873. Lord Middleton had no legitimate children. He was believed to have been the father of Rev Henry Charles Knight (1813–1887), the son of Hon. Frances Knight, who had long been separated from her husband Robert Knight. In 1823, he arranged for an annuity of £800 a year to be paid to her. Lord Middleton's memorial is in St. Leonard's Church, Wollaton.

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