Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton (19 December 1726 – 14 June 1800), was an

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nobleman, the son of Hon. Thomas Willoughby. He was born at York in 1726 and entered

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, in 1745. He succeeded his father in 1742, inheriting Birdsall House. In 1757, he served as

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. He succeeded his cousin Thomas Willoughby to the Middleton barony and estates (

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and

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) in 1781. He married Dorothy Cartwright in 1756 and lived in the family seat at

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. They had three children: *

Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron Middleton Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron Middleton (24 April 1761 – 19 June 1835), was an English nobleman, the only son of Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton. He married Jane Lawley, daughter of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet, and lived in the family s ...

(1761–1835) * Hon. Dorothy Willoughby (d. 13 April 1824, married on 24 November 1784 Richard Langley of

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* Hon. Henrietta Willoughby (d. March 1846), married

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His memorial is in

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