Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton

Captain The Right Honourable The Lord Middleton
Middleton in 1841
Born	26 November 1769
Died	5 November 1856(1856-11-05) (aged 86) Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Service years	1782–1840
Rank	Captain
Conflicts	French Revolutionary Wars Glorious First of June

Captain Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton (26 November 1769 – 5 November 1856) was a Royal Navy officer and peer.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Francis Willoughby of Hesley and Octavia Fisher, and grandson of Thomas Willoughby.^[1]

He entered the Royal Navy in 1782, retiring as a captain in 1840.

He never married but had one illegitimate daughter, Octavia. He lived in the Willoughby family seat at Wollaton Park, Nottinghamshire.^[2]

See also

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Willoughby, Digby" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References