WILLOUGHBY, Sir George (c.1635-95), of Throgmorton Street, London, and Bishopstone, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1635, 3rd s. of Robert Willoughby (d. aft. 1642), merchant, of Funchal, Madeira by Mary, da. of one Dandrader. m. 14 Apr. 1662, aged 26, Dorothy (d. 1690), da. of Robert Lowther, Draper, of St. Margaret Lothbury, London, alderman of London 1650–1, wid. of Jeffrey Northleigh, Mercer, of St. Michael Bassishaw, London, and Romford, Essex, sis. of Anthony Lowther†, 1s. 2da. suc. cos. Christopher Willoughby in Bishopstone and Watchfield, Berks. estates 1681; Kntd. 26 Aug. 1686. The Gen. ii. 91; PCC 262 Aylett; Beaven, Aldermen, i. 220; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 122–3.

Offices Held

Freeman, Drapers’ Co. 1658, livery 1662–d., asst. 1684; sheriff, Wilts. 1683–4.

Parlimentarian

WILLOUGHBY, George (c.1636-95), of Throgmorton Street, London and Bishopstone, Wilts.

Main residences: Throgmorton Street, London; Bishopstone, Wilts.

Author

D.W.H.

H.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

WILLOUGHBY, Sir George (c.1635-95)