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WILLOUGHBY, Hon. Thomas (1694-1742), of Birdsall, Yorks.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Family and Education
b. 11 June 1694, 2nd s. of Thomas Willoughby, M.P., 1st Baron Middleton, and yr. bro. of Hon. Francis Willoughby. educ. Eton; Jesus, Camb. 1711. m. 1719, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Sotheby of Birdsall, Yorks., 5s. 4da.
Offices Held
High steward, Tamworth.
Biography
Willoughby sat as a Tory for Cambridge University till 1727, when he was returned on his father’s interest at Tamworth. He is recorded as voting only once, against the excise bill.
He died 2 Dec. 1742.