Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton (28 August 1817

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– 20 December 1877 Birdsall House, Birdsall), was an

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peer. He was born at Apsley Hall, Nottingham, the eldest son of Henry Willoughby (15 December 1780 – 1849) and Charlotte Eyre (died 1845) and educated at

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and

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. He succeeded to the title of

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in 1856, on the passing of his cousin, the 7th Baron Middleton, who died without legitimate issue.Middleton at ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953. He lived in the Willoughby family seat at Birdsall House, which he preferred to

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, the family seat he inherited from his cousin. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Administrative Brigade of Yorkshire (East Riding) Artillery Volunteers on 17 December 1862, and his son the Hon. Digby Willoughby, (later 9th Baron), a former captain in the

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, was appointed second major in the brigade on 30 July 1869. The 9th Baron later commanded the unit as Lt-Col, became Hon Col in turn on 29 May 1879, and held the post into the 20th Century.

Family

He married The Hon. Julia Louisa Bosville (5 April 1824

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–11 October 1901 Settrington), granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Macdonald of Slate and descendant of

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, on 3 August 1843 in

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and had 13 children: *

Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton (24 August 1844 – 28 May 1922), was an English nobleman, the eldest son of Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton.Middleton at 'Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, ...

(1844–1922) * Hon. Alexandrina Henrietta Matilda Willoughby (c. 1845 – 11 December 1931), married on 3 February 1869 Sir John Thorold 12th Thorold Baronet * Godfrey Ernest Percival Willoughby, 10th Baron Middleton (1847–1924) * Hon. Francis Henry Stirling Willoughby (13 August 1848 – 23 June 1900) * Hon. Rothwell James Bosville Willoughby (26 May 1850 – 1867) * Hon. Leopold Vincent Harold Willoughby (19 November 1851 – 22 March 1924) * Hon. Hylda Maria Madeline Willoughby (c.1853 – 9 February 1944), married on 20 April 1882 William Henry Garforth (d. 1931) in 1882 * Hon. Lettice Hermione Violet Willoughby (c. 1854 – 9 August 1922), married on 18 April 1895 Col. William Gordon-Cumming (d. 1908) * Hon. Leila Louisa Millicent Willoughby (c. 1856 – 24 February 1886), married on 10 February 1876 Rev. Henry Charles Russell (d. 1922) * Hon. Mairi Myrtle Willoughby (c. 1858 – 13 November 1900), married on 1 January 1880 William Bethell (d. 1926) * Hon. Tatton Lane Fox Willoughby (29 December 1860 – 10 July 1947), married on 18 June 1898 Esther Ann Strickland (d. 1940), daughter of

Sir Charles Strickland, 8th Baronet Sir Charles William Strickland, 8th Baronet (6 February 1819 – 31 December 1909) was an English barrister and a rower who was in the winning crew in the first Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. He was President of the Yorkshire Philos ...

* Col. Hon. Claude Henry Comaraich Willoughby (1862–1932), married in 1904 Sibyl Louise Murray (d. 1957) * Hon. Alexander Hugh Willoughby (18 September 1863 – 5 December 1927), married in 1889 Mary Selina Honoria Macdonald (d. 1925)

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