Sir Christopher Willoughby, 1st Baronet, D.C.L., 1st Baronet of Baldon House, created 1794, landed proprietor
Dates: November 1748–5 February 1806
Biography
Sir Christopher was created a baronet on 8 December 1794. He was the founder of the Baldon House baronetcy and established the Oxfordshire branch that continued through five baronets. He married first Juliana Barville and secondly Martha Evans; the baronetage account records three sons and five daughters from the second marriage, in addition to a daughter from the first.
Notes / Sources
Baronetage entry for Sir Christopher Willoughby — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page%3AThe_Peerage%2C_Baronetage_and_Knightage_of_the_British_Empire_Part_2.djvu/697
Wikimedia Commons file — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_of_Willoughby_of_Baldon_House.png
National Gallery of Art, portrait provenance of Juliana Willoughby — https://www.nga.gov/artworks/111-miss-juliana-willoughby
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Willoughby of Baldon
Father: John Willoughby of Beverstock, formerly of Knoyle, according to the baronetage account.
Spouse(s): Juliana Barville, married 8 July 1776; Martha Evans, married 29 January 1789
Children / next generation: Juliana Willoughby; Sir Christopher William Willoughby, 2nd Baronet; Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby, 3rd Baronet; Sir John Pollard Willoughby, 4th Baronet
Armorial Registry
Sir Christopher Willoughby, 1st Baronet of Baldon House — founder of the Oxfordshire baronet branch
Branch: Baldon House, Oxfordshire
Issued / recorded: 1794
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