Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton (26 November 1769 – 5 November 1856) was a

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officer and peer. He was the eldest son of Francis Willoughby of Hesley and Octavia Fisher, and grandson of Thomas Willoughby. He entered the

in 1782, retiring as a

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in 1840. He never married but had one illegitimate daughter, Octavia. He lived in the Willoughby family seat at

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