Family and Education
b. 14 Sept. 1682, 1st s. of Thomas Willis of Bletchley, Bucks. by Alice, da. of Robert Browne of Frampton and Blandford, Dorset. educ. Beachampton sch. Bucks. ?1692–6; Westminster 1696–1700; Christ Church, Oxf. 1700, MA 1720, DCL 1749; I. Temple 1700. m. Nov. 1707 (with £7,000) Katherine (d. 1724), da. and h. of Daniel Eliot*, 5s. d.v.p. 5da. (1 ). suc. fa. 1699. BL, Verney mss mic. 636/53, Fermanagh to Cave, 10 Nov. 1707.
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Parlimentarian
Main residence: Whaddon Hall, Bucks.
Notes
Unless otherwise stated this biography is based on B. G. Jenkins, The Dragon of Whaddon.
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Commons 1690-1715
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WILLIS, Browne (1682-1760)
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