WILLOUGHBY  , the name of an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long settled in See also:

• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

Nottinghamshire, and now represented by See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• MIDDLETON
• MIDDLETON, ARTHUR (1742–1787)
• MIDDLETON, CONYERS (1683–1750)
• MIDDLETON, THOMAS (c. 1570-1627)

Middleton . Having exchanged his name of See also:

• BUGGE, SOPHUS (1833—1907)

Bugge for that of Willoughby, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard de Willoughby became a See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge during the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward II. and See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the manors of Wollaton in Nottinghamshire and of Risley in See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire . His son, Richard de Willoughby (d . 1362), was See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

• COMMON

common pleas under Edward III . Richard's descendant, Dorothy, who became the heiress of the family estates, married See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Willoughby of See also:

• BORE

Bore See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place, See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, and their descendant, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Willoughby, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart . (c . 1670-1729), of Wollaton, was created Baron Middleton in 1712 . In 1877 his descendant, See also:

• DIGBY, KENELM HENRY (1800-188o)
• DIGBY, SIR EVERARD (1578-1606)
• DIGBY, SIR KENELM (1603-1665)

Digby See also:

• WENTWORTH, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793-1872)

Wentworth See also:

• BAYARD, PIERRE TERRAIL, SEIGNEUR DE (1473–1524)
• BAYARD, THOMAS FRANCIS (1828-1898)

Bayard Willoughby (h . 1844), became the 9th baron . This See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title must be distinguished from that of See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount See also:

• MIDLETON, or MIDDLETON
• MIDLETON, WILLIAM ST JOHN FREMANTLE BRODRICK, 9TH VISCOUNT (1856— )

Midleton, See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by the Brodrick family . Sir See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh Willoughby, the See also:

• SEAMAN, OWEN (1861– )

seaman, was a member of this family . He was a son of Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Willoughby (d .

1528), and a See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of Sir Hugh Willoughby of Wollaton . His See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early services were as a soldier on the Scottish See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders, but he soon turned his thoughts to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and was appointed See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of a See also:

• FLEET

fleet of three See also:

• SHIPS

ships which set out in 1553 with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of discovering a See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastern passage to See also:

• CATHAY

Cathay and See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . Two of the three ships reached the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• LAPLAND, or LAPPLAND

Lapland, where it was proposed to See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter, and here Willoughby and his companions (lied of See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold and See also:

• STARVATION

starvation soon after See also:

• JANUARY

January 1 554 . A few years later their remains were found, and with them Willoughby's See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal, which is printed in vol. i. of R . See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt's See also:

• PRINCIPAL

Principal See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

Navigation . :another famous member of this family was Sir Nesbit See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah Willoughby (1777-1849), who entered the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy in 1790 and was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen . In 1800, however, he was dismissed from the service by the See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial for his insolent conduct towards a superio.r officer, a previous offence of this See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind having been punished less severely . In 1803, on the renewal of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, as a volunteer he joined an English See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound for the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, and was soon admitted again to the navy; his courage and promptness at Cape See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

Francais were responsible for saving goo lives, and he distinguished himself on other occasions, being soon restored to his former See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in the service . After further services in the West Indies, during which he displayed marked gallantry on several occasions, Willoughby was tried by court-martial at Cape See also:

• TOWN

Town in ,8o8 on charges of See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty; he seems to have taken a See also:

• GREAT

great delight in inflicting See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment, but he was acquitted with the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice to be more moderate in future in his See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . Again iii the West Indies, where he commanded. the Nereidefrigate, he was responsible for the heroic See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence made by his See also:

• SHIP

ship against a much stronger See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French force at See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius, in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 181o, when 222 out of his See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew of 281 men were disabled before he surrendered . Undeterred by the severe wounds which he had received, and seeing no prospect of active service with the British fleet, Willoughby offered his services in 1812 to the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and while serving with the Russian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army he was captured by the French . He was taken to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, whence he escaped to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England .

Having seen a little more service in the navy, he was knighted in 1827, was made a See also:

• REAR

rear-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral in 1847, and died unmarried in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 19th of May 1849 .