Sir William Villiers, 1st Baronet of Brooksby, High Sheriff of Leicestershire 1609, 2nd Baronet of Brooksby, Royalist during the English Civil War
Dates: c.1575–12 June 1629
Biography
Sir William was the eldest son of Sir George Villiers of Brooksby by Audrey Saunders and inherited the Brooksby estate. He was created the first Villiers baronet of Brooksby on 19 July 1619, at the same time that his half-brother John received the Purbeck peerage. His marriages connected the baronet line with the Griffin, Fiennes and Roper families.
Notes / Sources
Complete Baronetage, volume I — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Complete_baronetage_%28IA_completebaroneta01coka%29.pdf
Act or list of 1619 baronet creations — https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/1262/7736/126277360.23.pdf
Brooksby VCH draft — https://www.history.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Brooksby%202%20Landownership%202021%20draft.pdf
Villiers of Brooksby armorial depiction — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_of_Villiers_of_Brooksby.png
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Brooksby baronet line
Father: Sir George Villiers of Brooksby
Mother: Audrey Saunders
Spouse(s): Anne Griffin; Elizabeth Fiennes; Rebecca Roper
Children / next generation: Sir George Villiers, 2nd Baronet
Armorial Registry
Villiers of Brooksby — Sir George Villiers, 2nd Baronet, Royalist successor
Branch: Brooksby baronet line
Issued / recorded: 12 June 1629
Villiers of Brooksby — Sir William Villiers, 1st Baronet, with the baronetary Ulster canton
Branch: Brooksby baronet line
Issued / recorded: 19 July 1619
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