Peerage details
suc. fa. 1674 (a minor) as 7th (CP 8th) Bar. WILLOUGHBY OF PARHAM
Family and Education
b. 16 July 1669, o. s. George Willoughby, later 6th (CP 7th) Bar. Willoughby of Parham, and Elizabeth (d.1679), da. of Henry Clinton, alias Fiennes, of Kirkstead, Lincs. educ. unknown. unm. d. c. Dec. 1677;1 Verney ms mic. M636/31, J. to Sir R. Verney, 6 Dec. 1677. admon. 15 Feb. 1678.2 TNA, PROB 4/2683, 4/6436.
Address
Associated with: Knaith Hall, Knaith, Lincs.
biography text

John Willoughby, only son of the 6th (CP 7th)3 For revisions to the numbering of the Barons Willoughby of Parham used by the Complete Peerage, see the appendix in volume 1 of this work. Baron, inherited the title as a minor and died near the beginning of December 1677 at ‘about eight years of age’, reportedly ‘of convulsions’.4 Verney ms mic. M636/31, J. to Sir R. Verney, 6 Dec. 1677. Upon his death the barony passed to his nearest male kin, his uncle, also named John Willoughby, 8th (CP 9th) Baron Willoughby of Parham.

Author
Littleton, Charles
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Notes
  • 1. Verney ms mic. M636/31, J. to Sir R. Verney, 6 Dec. 1677.
  • 2. TNA, PROB 4/2683, 4/6436.
  • 3. For revisions to the numbering of the Barons Willoughby of Parham used by the Complete Peerage, see the appendix in volume 1 of this work.
  • 4. Verney ms mic. M636/31, J. to Sir R. Verney, 6 Dec. 1677.