John Willoughby, 9th Baron Willoughby of Parham (1643–1678) was an English peer of the

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. He was born in Stanstead Bury, near

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, England on 29 December 1643, the son of

William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham William Willoughby, 6th Lord Willoughby (c. 1616 – 10 April 1673) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons and later in the House of Lords. In 1666 he inherited the peerage of Baron Willoughby of Parham, and from ...

and Anne Carey. He married Anne Bolterton (died circa 3 October 1683). On the death of his nephew

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in early 1678, he succeeded as the 9th

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. However, a few months later he died without issue in September 1678. The barony was succeeded by his younger brother, Charles Willoughby.

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